Posted on 04/08/2011 9:53:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Congressional negotiators struck a last-minute deal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, congressional leaders and the White House said late Friday, averting a threatened shutdown.
The House and Senate are expected to approve a seven-day stopgap measure to keep the government running until the final details of the agreement can be worked out.
Talks continued deep into the evening until, finally, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) met with his caucus to outline the details of the proposed compromise, one in which Republicans succeeded in securing nearly $38 billion in cuts from current spending levels.
The GOP avoided a shutdown that many Republicans feared would damage the party politically in the eyes of the American public, one that would have resulted in the furloughs of 800,000 federal workers, the closing of national parks, and the disruption of many government services.
Democrats could take solace that none of the Republican House's proposed policy provisions, including one to defund Planned Parenthood that consumed much of the attention of the final day of negotiations, along with riders that would have limited the power of the Environmental Protection Agency, were included in the final package.
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As part of the accord, the Senate will hold standalone votes on the Planned Parenthood provision as well as a measure that would defund President Obama's healthcare initiative. Neither vote is likely to pass.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
2% reduction in $1500B isn’t a cut, it isn’t a win, it’s what amounts to agreement with ruinous overspending. This wasn’t a battle in a war; this was surrender with a paltry figment of dignity.
OK we won’t know for sure until they get through those pesky “details” and finalize this.
Yeah, the next few months should be interesting.
...leaving the wanton spending of $1919B we still don’t have.
Yeah, that helps.
Not.
The best part is , the media pimps were robbed of a shutdown orgy and Princess O didn’t get to show off the victory dress on prime time. A major win.
Yh only time the GOP doesn’t cave in is when they’re protecting the interest of their corporate masters. The rest of it is just cheap drama to get your votes.
Don’t be disappointed. This is really just the opening salvo in an effort to retake our government, a process that will take a long time. Big government politicians and their special interests will use every trick to stay in power, but we (still) outnumber them. We have to be ready to go the distance and win this one election at a time. That’s what the liberals have done. They worked decades to build this statist edifice, and dismantling it isn’t going to be quick or easy. Hang in there!
Actually the media loves this, they can keep generating false drama, week after week now.
Just another round of good cop bad cop, nothing that we haven’t seen before or expected. In the end they all exchange grins with each other and with their lobbyist pimps as the TV cameras close up for the day.
Just another round of good cop bad cop, nothing that we haven’t seen before or expected. In the end they all exchange grins with each other and with their lobbyist pimps as the TV cameras close up for the day.
I'm willing to vote for a "TEA Party" candidate!
I thought we would have to raise the Debt ceiling or cut $1.5T from this year’s deficit.
Doesn’t this agreement mean also caving on the Debt ceiling going up to $16T ?
Shutting down the government would only lead to positives like seeing that most of the current crop of dependents/government employees are non-essential. The world existed before the government bureaucracy and will exist when it collapses under its own weight.
This was nothing more than shots across the bow from both sides to bandaid down those impatient (and right) Tea Party members in congress.
I’m not paying close attention here, but I’m not expecting much. Democrat President, Democrat Senate, Republican House. We realistically can’t expect much. If the Tea Party is angry, it’s a good thing. Because if they’re happy, they’re less likely to vote. Any outcome right now that has the tea party enthusiastic to vote in 2012 is a good outcome - provided its a step in the right direction.
They are using the same talking points re: the debt ceiling:
“Many congressional Republicans say they will refuse to raise the debt ceiling without more spending cuts. The White House and many Democratic lawmakers want the ceiling raised immediately, warning that if the country defaulted on its debt, interest rates would soar, sparking another financial crisis and crippling hundreds of thousands of businesses.”
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