Posted on 09/24/2013 11:50:51 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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Dan coats telling it like it is! Coats promoting another house bill. The bill has one year delay for all was passed by house with bi partisan vote. (Its my congressman Todd Young’s bill)
I hold out no hope for any House bill So they pass Coats’ bill. Harry will not act on it. he will not bring it to the floor. I cannot believe Coats or any other Senator actually believes the Senate will consider any bill the House sends them.
I like that. Thank you!
I gave up listening to Coats. Sounded like a big surrender to me. Was I wrong?? Did he redeem himself?? I am from Lafayette.
I am very disappointed with Coats. He’s telling us we can’t do anything with a shutdown looming over our heads. BS.
He proposes this amendment after saying they are the minority and can’t affect anything. Does he seriously think he will have any takers on the democrat side? He’s already surrendered before he asks for the amendment.
Said he wasn’t criticizing Cruz (while he criticized Cruz).
Granted Dan Coats is a very nice man, he wants what’s best for our country....he’s just not capable of thinking outside the box and fighting for his country.
Each and every GOP Senator getting up there should say it will be OBAMA that shuts down the government.
Have you read the Young bill passed by the house that he has presented to the Senate. It puts All the obama-care off for another year. After the election. Gives us the time to own the Senate. Does not shut down the government Which would create chaos that the MSM would blame on conservative/T party.
So you’d rather have the government shut down
No. Only the Democrats are talking about “shutting down government” which of course is not real
A true Statesman!
He’s already agreed to bring it to the floor. It has bi partisan support as we type
You were not wrong. Very disappointing. He surrendered and then suggested an amendment to delay the individual mandate for a year.....all this after detailing how terrifying it would be if there was a shutdown. The dem’s have no reason to fear the republicans in the senate.
It is so disgusting how they look for a risk free way to duck this fight. If they all got up and hammered that point, and implicate the Senate as well, but that takes courage so I guess I'm expecting too much.
Very true.
As Cruz finished up with Rush he left no doubt this is not yet over.
All that is needed is 41 Senators to vote against cloture either Friday or Saturday.
If 41 Senators vote against cloture, then Reid will have to EITHER bring up a vote on the House CR with the Obamacare defunding language OR risk not funding government (government shutdown). Either way the Senate will be on the hook to fund government or shut it down.
But if 60 or more Senators vote for cloture, then Reid will arrange the Senate version of the bill to strike out the defunding lnguage and send it back to the House.
When it is sent back to the House with the defunding language pulled out, it risks finding 18 weak republicans along with all the dems to pass it thereby finding Obamacare.
This is why Cruz appeals to us to call our Senators and sign the online petitions.
Hi neighbor..good to know you folks have a politician to be proud of. Here in Illinois, I have visions of flushing everyone one of these socialist politicians down the crapper...one good flush and down they all go...I WISH!
I agree, but it was clear that shutdown will not happen because the republicans will bend over backwards to not allow that to happen.
I’d rather have the fight now.
No Republican has proposed or wanted a shutdown, only Obama threatens a shut down
Young is my congressman. He has been working with Coats. I’ve followed his bill. Worth looking up and checking the vote. Sort of a Plan B to this mess
WOW! Both Gohmert and Cruz as our Texas Senators! That would be awesome!
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