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McConnell: Give Obama new powers on debt limit
Breitbart ^ | July 12, 2011 | Andrew Taylor

Posted on 07/12/2011 1:38:31 PM PDT by La Enchiladita

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Republican in the Senate proposed on Tuesday giving President Barack Obama sweeping new power to, in effect, unilaterally increase the nation's debt limit to avoid a first-ever default on U.S. obligations. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., offered a new plan to allow the president to demand up to $2.4 trillion in new borrowing authority by the summer of next year in three separate submissions. Those increases in the so-called debt limit would automatically take effect unless both the Republican House and the Democratic Senate enact legislation specifically disapproving it.

Obama would be able to veto such legislation.

The GOP plan would require that Obama submit spending cuts along with his borrowing requests. But unlike the increase in the debt limit, they wouldn't automatically take effect.

The new mechanism would take the place of the White House debt negotiations between congressional leaders and Obama. Those talks over spending cuts and tax increases have grown increasingly acrimonious.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: bhofascism; bloodoftyrants; congress; corruption; cwii; debtceiling; doyourjobmitch; fascism; fraud; govtabuse; mcconnell; mcconnell4mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; rino; socialism; taxes; tyranny; unconstitutional; wearescrewed
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To: eCSMaster

” Ever heard of a “Quick Kick” in football? “

If you are simple-minded enough to think this is a *football game*, then you’re welcome to go wallow in your tiny little Pubbie-bot fantasy world...

The rest of us will, to the best of our ability, continue to FIGHT THE WAR that engulfs our nation....


81 posted on 07/12/2011 1:59:32 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: GeronL
It’s because RINO’s are not on our side, they want to lose to the Democrats

RINO's ARE democrats!!!

82 posted on 07/12/2011 2:00:14 PM PDT by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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To: La Enchiladita

And only this morning, there was at least one poster here on FR questioning why I was so hard on Boehner.

Look folks, it is really simple. The GOP ALWAYS stabs conservatives in the back.

ALWAYS.

Oh, they talk a good game.... oh, they sermonize a lot.

But when push comes to shove... they cannot keep their trousers zipped or their hands off your wallets.


83 posted on 07/12/2011 2:00:26 PM PDT by NVDave
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To: La Enchiladita
B*tch McConnell and John "Cry me a river" Boehner...

Back when these retards were put into these positions of power I had a bad feeling.

Turns out, I was right.

84 posted on 07/12/2011 2:02:34 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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To: La Enchiladita

The GOP plan would require that Obama submit spending cuts along with his borrowing requests. But unlike the increase in the debt limit, they wouldn’t automatically take effect.”

This is unconstitutional on its face. The President cannot unilaterally, automatically enact spending cuts, even in this scenario.

(This is pretty basic Con Law...then again, silly me, since when did that matter?)


85 posted on 07/12/2011 2:02:44 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: liberalh8ter
McConnel is just being rational. Never screw with a Muslims Ramadan vacation when he's holding your nuts in his hands. You just know its going to hurt.
86 posted on 07/12/2011 2:03:11 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: La Enchiladita

WTF?????


87 posted on 07/12/2011 2:03:20 PM PDT by jivin gene (Breakin' up is hard to do)
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To: La Enchiladita

“No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
-George Orwell, the conclusion of Animal Farm

IE. No difference between the Republicans and the Democrats now.


88 posted on 07/12/2011 2:03:32 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady (DEFUND NPR, PBS, THE TSA AND THE U.N.)
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To: JaneNC
-"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Here, let me see if I can make this sound better...

REID: "Give Obama new powers on debt limit!"

89 posted on 07/12/2011 2:03:35 PM PDT by The Bronze Titan
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To: La Enchiladita
If this is true, I'd have to wonder what they have on McConnell...
Why else would he do anything like this.
90 posted on 07/12/2011 2:03:42 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: eCSMaster

McConnell might as well offer to make Obama dictator for life.


91 posted on 07/12/2011 2:04:10 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: La Enchiladita

All any Democrat has to do is mention social security or medicare and the Republican establishment turns into Frank Stark.


92 posted on 07/12/2011 2:04:47 PM PDT by rushmom
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To: La Enchiladita

Does ANYONe reallly believe this????? I sure don’t!! I think Brietbrt got bad info from a DEMOCRAT!! NO REPUBLICAN wants to give O SWEEPING POWERS.....well, unless it’s FLOOR SWEEPING.


93 posted on 07/12/2011 2:05:16 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: La Enchiladita

this leaves me speechless.....


94 posted on 07/12/2011 2:05:50 PM PDT by stockpirate (Republicans that vote for socialism, support socialists are socialists.)
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To: grumpygresh
As you undoubtedly know bills are passed by the House, the Senate and sent to the President who can veto them ~ so, you propose tieing Obama's hands with a law he's going to approve?

Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, no Democrat is going to sponsor legislation to give the President independent control over the debt level.

They spent years beating down Nixon's attempts in that area.

95 posted on 07/12/2011 2:08:09 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: novemberslady

McConnell is a RINO. He is a socialist. He is a saboteur for the Democrats.


96 posted on 07/12/2011 2:08:13 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: AFreeBird

“idiot juice”: Mop squeezin’s from the RAT droolers on the Left side of the Senate Chambers so you are probably correct.


97 posted on 07/12/2011 2:08:38 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: GeronL

What? Nobody’s given Obama anything.


98 posted on 07/12/2011 2:09:21 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: La Enchiladita

Is this a joke? What about the strong stand he took earlier?


99 posted on 07/12/2011 2:09:21 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
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To: eCSMaster
Are you kidding? The Dems are incompetent?

The Dems had the ball the first 2 years of the Obama administration and ran up both yardage and goals - think ObamaCare.

Now that we handed the ball to the Republicans, they decide to give it back without gaining either ground or points?

The Dems are thoroughly competent, and don't give up. HillaryCare was blasted, but they came back and passed ObamaCare. What they learn from history is that persistence fails, and the Republicans get tired.

One shutdown gets blamed on Newt, and the Republicans run in fear from the idea of any new shutdown. Yet, in Wisconsin and Minnesota, the Dems force shutdowns trying to get the local Republicans to turn tail like the National Republicans.

The Dems learn from failure, and success. The Republicans don't seem to learn at all, at least not on the national stage.

100 posted on 07/12/2011 2:09:44 PM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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