No Vote Tonight on Boehner Bill

The Washington Times via Twitter ^ | Thursday, July 28, 2011 | Kerry Picket

[kristinn]

McCarthy said no vote tonight half a minute ago via Echofon

[jennings2004]

My diet is being helped by these innovative interrogatories!

[RitaOK]

As some suggest, Dick Morris among others, when and if August 2 comes and goes with no dreaded immediate DEPRESSION, Obama and the creepy democrats at Treasury and in Congress will be utterly exposed for the scare tactics and fear mongering. All comes down to arithmetic, people do not trust the media, Obama has been properly placed on the curb, so why would Republicans lose the rest of the battle over obvious lies, threats and over fear among even some Republicans. People can add and subtract for themselves.

[jennings2004]

Right on...and one of the biggest disappointments of this chaotic evening...

[jennings2004]

Well, I surely hope the ACLU doesn’t get wind of such a travesty..../s

[REDWOOD99]

“I don’t remember being so ashamed of the Republican party in a long time... the lack of any respect for others, like John Boehner, is appalling.”
Where is this quote from?

[REDWOOD99]

Nevermind. Found it.

[kevao]

That was from Post #87.

[Justice]

No, because the Senate GOP knows that if they pass just anything it won’t survive the reconciliation process in the House, especially if according to your scenario even Boehner’s bill doesn’t pass...why then would the House pass the Reid bill?

[REDWOOD99]

Thanks! I thought it was an elected Schmoe.

[The Citizen Soldier]

No, because the Senate GOP knows that if they pass just anything it won’t survive the reconciliation process in the House, especially if according to your scenario even Boehner’s bill doesn’t pass...why then would the House pass the Reid bill?

Once the bill has Reid's name on it instead of Boehner's and comes back to the Congress it will get most or all of the Democrats votes and it will need only 25-35 wobbly (RINO) Republicans for passage.

[imjimbo]

Stick with Cut, Cap & Balance-!!! The Senate has YET to vote on it- as time grows short, obama and the dems won’t have any CHOICE but to pass it or !=gasp=! default-!!!

[imjimbo]

Stick with Cut, Cap & Balance-!!! The Senate has YET to vote on it- as time grows short, obama and the dems won’t have any CHOICE but to pass it or !=gasp=! default-!!!

[A Navy Vet]

The socialist bomb is ticking;
We should all stand against such thinking!

The dept is adding up;
As our children grow up;

And leave them with a future that is now quickly sinking.

[Captain Peter Blood]

As the man said, In Chaos there is Opportunity”.
The bad is piling up but there is always Hope.

[kevao]

Nope, just a RINO in meltdown mode.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Let’s say Boehner needs 2 more YES votes but there are 5 Tea Partiers voting NO. Suppose those 5 abstain from this vote, and the others stay the same, and now he has more YES votes than NO. Doesn’t the bill pass?

Those NO voters would have to decide if an abstention contradicted the promises they made to the voters.

I understand that they are trying to achieve real spending cuts, but that is hard to do when the enemy controls the senate and presidency. I am concerned that they will give Obama a weapon for 2012, Right now Obama owns the economy, but the GOP could share that ownership if they are not careful.

[EternalVigilance]

Stick with Cut, Cap & Balance-!!!

With its $2.4 TRILLION dollar increase in the debt ceiling? Why?

[Political Junkie Too]

If I understood Limbaugh this morning, he was saying that it doesn't matter what the Republicans pass in the House because the Democrats will gut the bill by amending it into a shell bill like they did with the health care reform bill? Reid will then make it into whatever he wants and send it back to the House where Obama will use Boehner's words against him to pressure him to pass the Senate bill?

-PJ

[tennmountainman]

Thanks for the education about the rule change.

[tennmountainman]

Don’t you think Reid will do that with whatever is sent over?

I do.