Why does Boehner think this time the Senate will even allow a vote?
Because the fix has been in for some time. However, Bonehead screwed the pouch when his plan fell short of the “phantom” spending cuts, based on the CBO scores. He can’t even get his own sham of a plan right. Lesson to learn: If u r going to try to hoodwink Americans with a sham plan, at least get the numbers right.
Boehner needs to negotiate like Lisa Douglas used to negotiate with Mr. Haney on Green Acres.
First, he sends a bill with $200 Billion cuts per year.
Senate or Obama trash it.
Next, he sends a bill with $300 Billion cuts per year.
Senate or Obama trash it.
Next, he sends a bill with $400 Billion in cuts per year ...
[That would give the GOP plenty of ammo to confront the Senate and Obama — hey we send a bill and they vote it down or veto it — but they have only come up with one bill, from Obama, and the Senate voted that down 97-0. The Dems don’t want to resolve this and they haven’t come up with a budget in over 800 days now.]