[novemberslady]

Doesn't this remove power belonging to the Congress?
Is this McConnells way of ultimately bypassing those pesky Tea Party people in Congress?
Say it isn't so Mitch!

[RummyChick]

Today hell froze over because I agree with Harry Reid and that Weigl guy.

“The plan was met with immediate skepticism from Democrats, as a former spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid labeled it “a complete abrogation of leadership.””

[Cboldt]

-- Doesn't this remove power belonging to the Congress? --

Sort of. Congress has set up conflicting laws. It has already passed legislation that results in spending, and it has erected a debt limit. When the mandated spending exceeds the mandated debt limit, one or the other has to give. Since Congress created both, it's really up to Congress to choose which has priority.

But, the one thing that Congress does not want is accountability, so it is blaming the president for the spending, and now, it aims to make the president accountable for the debt limit.

At any rate, it's Congress that is out of control.