It sounds great, but keep in mind Reid will just add an amendment funding all of government and then send it back to house. Then what? It’s the same predicament over and over again.
I think they should just shut the government down until 2017. I’d be happy with that.
Good comment - this is like a chess game, my move ... Let me think ...
Senate position is, 'we want a clean bill, the Republicans are holding everyone hostage...'
In that scenario, even with a liberal press, I think the pressure would be on the Senate to pass the bills sent over by the House ...
If I were a congressman I'd be willing to risk shutdown over that scenario and talking points.
Reid will simply add an amendment. Yes. That’s the case with whatever is passed. There is no solution to this that doesn’t go through the Democrat controlled majority in the Senate. However, I think it will be much more easy to win voter approval if the Republicans are shown doing something rather than holding the government hostage. Make the Democrats explain why our dear soldiers and sailors are being held hostage for Obamacare.
No matter what, this will still have to go through majority votes in the House and Senate. Even if Harry Reid today said he’d pass something that delays Obamacare, that bill would still be vulnerable to amendments by the majority after the fact. The same thing goes for whatever is passed by the Senate. That’s going to have to go back to the House for a majority vote.
The Senate can’t originate funding of anything; Reid’s attempt to de-de-fund is FUNDing.
But all the Senate can do, legally, is validate (or not) what the House sends over, then forward to the President (or not). If they don’t validate, gov’t gets no funding and shuts down. The Senate is what causes a Shutdown.
The House and the media will allow Reid to de-de-fund because they haven’t read the Constitution.
The House should do exactly what Pat Buchanan suggests. Ted Cruz has advised them to do this also.