Posted on 09/12/2013 10:00:56 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
For the past week, debate over Syria has overwhelmed Capitol Hill -- even though Congress has just about two weeks left to pass a budget bill before the federal government partially shuts down.
Democratic and Republican leaders are meeting Thursday morning to discuss the looming budget issues, but before the two parties forge a path forward, the GOP may have to sort out its own issues. The Republican-led House had planned to vote this week on a bill to temporarily fund the government (referred to as a continuing resolution, or CR), but the vote was delayed Wednesday because Republicans divisions over its anti-Obamacare strategy.
"We're still discussing strategy regarding the continuing resolution with our [Republican] Conference," a House leadership aide told CBS News. "It shouldn't come as a surprise that this is moving into next week, as our bandwidths have been stretched thin this week by both the CR and the on-going situation in Syria."
As Congress deals with Syria, budget fights loom for GOP Treasury secretary calls on Congress to raise debt limit Earlier this week, Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the Appropriations Committee, introduced a bill to fund the government through Dec. 15 at $986.3 billion -- just slightly below post-sequester spending levels. If this legislation or some other version of a continuing resolution doesn't pass by Sept. 30, certain government functions would shut down.
Some Republicans want to use that threat of a government shutdown as leverage to defund the Affordable Care Act (even though the impact of "defunding" the bill without completely repealing it at this point is negligible).
"We must use every legislative avenue available, through the CR, the debt ceiling, and sequester conversations to free the country from the President's train-wreck of a healthcare law," Rep. Steve Scalise...
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Translation: Our first scheme failed to fool anyone so we're onto Plan B now. Keep the pressure on these bozos folks.
They’d better get this done right.
Willard on imposing ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE ... for others:
"Conservatives are such fools.
Boehner, McConnell, Obama and especially the MSM have our backs."
RIFT??? There aint no rift....this is all out war with the slimey scumbags in Republican leadership!
They’re screwing it up already. Boehner & Co. are clowns.
You can always leave it to the Democrat newsrooms to editorialize within their own "reporting".
CRS: “Government Shutdown” Does Not Shut Down Obamacare
Yes, they are. Total clowns. I heard though that their end around bills have been pulled so there is a bit of hope.
How many groups have been given waivers...how many people does that total up to? What is the ratio of those who have been given waivers to those who were given the “right” to healthcare and who didn’t have coverage? Have Frank Luntz bring a group onto Fox and have them explain their costs now vs costs under the new program. MAKE THE CASE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!
Jim, what year was it that w last had a “real” budget?
I’m not talking about a bunch of “continuing resolutions”, I mean a “real” budget.
Maybe the house should just dust that one off,
and approve it again, and send it over to the senate.
If they reject it, then the house could say,
“Hey, it was good enough for you then, why isn’t it good enough for you now?”
What was that thing about “equal protection under the law” or some such?
I don’t know, but Comrade Dictator Obama don’t need no steenking budget. And no steenking congress either. Just like he don’t need no steenking generals. Hell, he don’t even need no steenking people. Must think he’s Comrade Dictator Stalin re-incarnated or something.
Oops, begging your pardon, Mr. Putin.
I just don’t know who to blame more:
The PRESIDENT for abusing his authority...
our CONGRESS for not reigning him in...
or WE THE PEOPLE for tolerating it.
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