Posted on 08/01/2011 1:05:15 PM PDT by Jeff400000
At one point in the negotiations, the 2012 budget was to be slashed by $36 billion. The final number of cuts: just $7 billion. And just to ensure we don’t have another bruising government shutdown fight over cuts in September, the deal deems and passes the 2012 budget. Yes, that’s right, the old Gephardt Rule or Slaughter Solution, is back. What’s deem and pass? It’s a legislative trick that essentially means that Congress will consider the budget passed without ever actually having to vote on it.
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...
...BASICALLY what it does is take the accountability out of their actions...WHO VOTED FOR THIS?....all of them....you do get to see an up and down vote, who voted for what and who didn’t......behind doors screwing with no accountability
http://keithhennessey.com/2011/08/01/bca-summary/
It would be wise for Freepers to get their facts straight before posting
ANY republican house member who votes yes on this should become an ex house member. Contribute and campaign against them. Support anybody or anything conservative that runs against them.
Live it, love it, and implement it.
These critters are now the enemy - no matter what the party.
Oh, WTF!!!!
This just keeps getting worse!
Please God strike down these selfish, small-minded men in the Senate.
West - the great conservative Tea Party schitzoid - bought into it. The Tea Party’s power in Congress (not the country) is over. Rinos and Tea Party traitors killed it. For now.
Only problem is the claim is not true.
you do get to see....YOU DON’T GET TO SEE
Thanks for the clarification. It would be helpful if Fox got their facts straight before publishing.
Details: The Senate, which has not passed a budget resolution in two years, will be “deemed” to have passed a budget resolution for this year and next year. In other words, for the purpose of budget points of order on the Senate floor, it will be as if the Senate had done a budget resolution. This will apply to both FY12 (this year) and FY13 (next year), meaning there will be no pressure for the Senate to consider a budget resolution on the floor before 2013.
http://keithhennessey.com/2011/08/01/bca-summary/
Thanks!
“..Congress will consider the budget passed without ever actually having to vote on it.”
Has it EVEN been WRITTEN yet???
Can I say I paid my taxes when I haven’t???
Wasn’t a revolution started over less???
Paul Ryan just stood up in front of America and bragged about how tea party Republicans ended the Gerhardt rule. Am I to believe that he lied?
Help me out here:
By the literal reading of that paragraph, it sounds like it means that the Senate has abrogated their right to weigh in on the 2012-2013 Budgets. That the House can do whatever they want and consider the Senate as having “deemed” it passed.
I cannot believe that Dingy Harry would agree to such a thing, therefore I am obviously not reading this correctly...
your link is great. it seems to confirm this article Jeff400000 posted.
from your link:
Senate budget resolution deemed
The Senate, which has not passed a budget resolution in two years, will be “deemed” to have passed a budget resolution for this year and next year. In other words, for the purpose of budget points of order on the Senate floor, it will be as if the Senate had done a budget resolution. This will apply to both FY12 (this year) and FY13 (next year), meaning there will be no pressure for the Senate to consider a budget resolution on the floor before 2013.
= = =
...and i don’t need a degree in economics to know that if Mark Levine, Rush, and Jim DeMint and even “Club for Growth” are against it,
and Pelosi and Reid are for it,
that it’s not good for America.
? I just read your link, it says the bill is "deemed", just as the OP posted.
It is obvious that the government does not follow the law. Why should we?
The Senate, which has not passed a budget resolution in two years, will be “deemed” to have passed a budget resolution for this year and next year. In other words, for the purpose of budget points of order on the Senate floor, it will be as if the Senate had done a budget resolution. This will apply to both FY12 (this year) and FY13 (next year), meaning there will be no pressure for the Senate to consider a budget resolution on the floor before 2013.
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