Posted on 09/20/2013 8:31:43 AM PDT by mandaladon
House Republicans survived a key test vote Thursday on their plan to keep the government running while trying to halt the health care law, defying a veto threat from President Obama and inching closer to a shutdown showdown with Senate Democrats. Top Republicans say their party’s strategy is unlikely to succeed and not worth shutting down the government, but some rank-and-file lawmakers said they have to draw a line now and use the leverage of the spending bill to end the president’s signature achievement.
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Its great news because the ayes just lobbed the responsibility of going against “we, the people” back into their court!
I am in Missouri and just called both my senators, Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill. Very nice young lady answered in Senator Blunt’s office. When I told her the reason for my call she said” all right!” with a lot of emphasis and enthusiasm. Then got a recording at Senator McCaskill’ s.
When I called before in the beginning of this fiasco on health care, her staff person was very rude and told me the Senator would vote what she thought was right for the country. Then received a letter stating same. Of course we know she would support Obama, no matter what he is doing.
The reason I think the Senate is a big deal is because it is going to require exposure of the Dems. They are like cockroaches. They will have to deal with this and only the hardliners are ok with that. It makes the sleazy Dem Senators take a stand! It exposes them....this is good!
’ve got a co-worker in hysterics because she thinks she won’t get SS checks....
You may want to very gently tell your co-worker to do her own research. Will that offend her?
She works and she gets SS checks?
Someone needs to remind ‘pro-life Democrats’ [sic] Joe Donnelly and Bob Casey that Obamacare funds abortion. Not that it will matter.
She’s knee jerking reacting... just exactly what the Democrats want...she needs stop watching CNN and get informed...unfortunately many like her will be reacting the same way. Demorats love to frighten and abuse.
She works and she gets SS checks?
Yes, there’s a certain number of dollars one can make even when collecting....if they go over then it’s deducted from SS.... Which for some is a good thing since their SS would not begin to sustain them. They’d end up on Gov. Assistance programs and the like.
I work with part-timers who could not make ends meet on SS alone.
The future of the progressive agenda is at stake here. They would bring this country to a halt, and put the blame on republicans, -- while the news cycle covers their flanks -- before they allow Obamacare to be dropped. We would see another occupy type uprising prior to 2014. Hmmm, that might actually help the GOP if it comes to pass.
Again, who was the Republicrat who voted NO!!!!!!!!!!!
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My pathetic rep...Raul Grijalva voted no.
Indeed, and sorry for my confusing language. I’ll tell you GL, despite all that is going wrong fiscally, this one Constitutional requirement being overlooked really sticks in my craw.
Even when Odumbo publishes an unrealistic budget, it goes nowhere. It’s simply a lack of leadership from a guy who has probably never even done a household budget. And the intricacies of baseline budgeting and his spending bonanzas clearly indicate he doesn’t care at all about only budgets...but debt.
I could go on forever, rambling about the reverberations of this but would rather the so-called Repub leadership did it. Then again, I probably have a better chance of winning the lottery.
tell me about it.
Powerball must hate me
lol
Wow. A fellow Freeper who is acting on the logical facts, and has not drank from the Hannity/Paul/Cruz Kool Aid.
You are a rareity these days.
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It’s for her husband...
I was talking to her (and another co-worker), that it now lays on the Dems (she’s a Democrat) because the House passed a budget and if they don’t want to sign on to it, it’s on them if the govt shuts down, since the Senate IS Democrat controlled.
She then made the comment about how if the govt shuts down, she guesses her husband will just have to be happy, NOT getting his SS checks....
This will make Senate Democrats have to vote for 0bamaCare one more time before the mid-terms. That will be painful to some marginal Dem seats that are in play.
I sent her a link I found (http://www.foxbusiness.com/government/2013/09/19/what-happens-if-government-shuts-down/) where they explain what actually happens if the govt shuts down. In the article, it explains:
Social Security and Medicare payments will still go out, but experts say a shutdown could bring delays.
Both programs are considered mandatory funding, which means they were written to be funded indefinitely and there’s no annual appropriation.
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“The president will do what he can to make it seem like the public is going to be inconvenienced with a shutdown,” says von Spakovsky. “National parks will close and the places people like to visit in Washington, D.C., will be unavailable. But planes will still fly, Medicaid and Social Security checks will still go out…the average person might not even notice a shutdown.”
She thanked me for the info. Apparently she only views what’s on MSN....and does NOT do any research. Typical democrat.
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