The Dummies want no restrictions on their immoral and unethical handling of the American Taxpayers money.
Reid thinks it’s HIS money and HE will decide what happens to it.
Just like Tarp 1 and Tarp 2. Oh and the great bankruptcy causing Obamacare.
If the Repubs cave to this Obamageddon action yet again. It will get very close to time for a March on Washington AGAIN.
I can’t believe they are arguing this vote with Chuck Shumer sitting as the President of the Senate!
Reid wont allow a vote!
DeMint and others--yes, even Boehner--were left without boots-on-the-ground backup from the grassroots.
Republicans have had to fallback because they didn't get the support needed to pressure Democrats to pass it. Now they're taking on "friendly fire" from their own "supporters."
It's a fiasco and the Democrats are celebrating.
The "compromise" that comes out tonight, that will be impossible to change after midnight eastern, that we won't get to scrutinize before final form, will be absolutely hideous.
It will not be what Boehner wanted, not what McConnell wanted. It won't what I wanted, not what DeMint, West, Ryan, or most others wanted.
It will be a BAD DEAL but it will be the deal that must be made because the grassroots backup for "Cup, Cap & Balance" wasn't there.
It will be just as Boehner warned: the nearer we are pushed to Aug 2, the weaker the GOP's bargaining position gets. Well, this is it. This is where a "Tea Party" Tantrum--aimed NOT at Democrat's obstruction of "Cut, Cap & Balance"--but at Republicans, will have put us.
I was "tea party" in thinking long before it existed. Decades ago a deficit hawk, I was among those here on FR mocking Tom DeLay for his sham "no fat" budget lies and criticizing W's spending habits. But that GOP is finished. It's largely been taken to the woodshed, it's on the right course.
I never joined a "tea party" because I'm naturally suspicious of populist movements and this week showed why: allies became enemies and enemies became spectators cheering on the infighting!
The energy of the "tea party" is great but it needs to be focused on advancing objectives rather than looking for ways to hit self-destruct.
I am praying this current fiasco does not foreshadow a second Obama term and Pelosi returning to the Speakership.