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Posted on 10/10/2013 3:52:35 PM PDT by jimbo123
President Obama and House Republicans failed to reach agreement on a six-week extension of the nation’s borrowing authority during a meeting Thursday at the White House, but both sides agreed to keep talking and the Republican offer was seen as a first step toward ending the budget standoff.
Twenty Republicans, led by Speaker John A. Boehner, went to the White House at Mr. Obama’s invitation after a day of fine-tuning their offer to increase the Treasury Department’s authority to borrow money to pay existing obligations through Nov. 22. In exchange, they sought the president’s commitment to negotiate a deal for long-term deficit reduction and a tax overhaul.
Mr. Boehner and his colleagues left after about an hour and a half without speaking to waiting reporters.
The Republican proposal could come to a vote as soon as Friday. But the White House and Congressional Democrats remained skeptical that House Republican leaders could pass the proposal. A large faction of Tea Party conservatives campaigned on promises never to vote to increase the nation’s debt limit
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I don't recall hearing that before? Certainly everyone knows it's a big problem which they resolved to fix.
John Boehner will lose his speakership over this. This is the straw.
After doing a charming Kabuki dance for the American people, Bonehead
will fold like the cheap suit he is.
The Nairobi Marxist thinks he has the momentum now.
Boner, Cantor and Ryan need to PUT OBAMACARE BACK ON THE TABLE if they want to get anywhere with Bathhouse Barry and the RATS.
Obunny wants a civil war!
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PLEASE let that be so.
Michelle Bachman is for the debt limit increase, Cruz is for it, Heritage is for it....
Gee, is the NYTimes jerking people around much?
Boehner can not pass the 6 week extension without Democrat votes. He does not have enough GOP votes. That’s why he made his pilgrimage to Obama.
It was to get the official OK for Pelosi to allow some RATs to vote for the extension. So the 6 week extension is dead unless Boehner makes more concessions in order to get the RAT votes he needs.
This is a sneak preview of how Boner will pass Amnesty, too.
P.S. Boner only has 150 GOP votes for the 6 week increase. So he needs 67 RAT votes in order pass it, which he won’t get without additional concessions.
“Gee, is the NYTimes jerking people around much?”
Yep, just doing what they do best.
With Bachman and Yoho having said they’d support it I think it would pass just fine. Boehner has 20 votes to spare for anyone who doesn’t want to vote for even a 6 week extension.
What would need Dem votes is a deal that includes the CR- that’s more likely what they’re plotting.
A curse on their plans.
“Boner only has 150 GOP votes for the 6 week increase”
Source? That would surprise me obviously.
Ted Yoho is NOT for a debt hike:
‘Yoho said. “I’m not going to raise the debt ceiling.”’
Swear I saw he’d changed his mind.
I still think most can and will support a temporary hike- if the CR battle goes on.
Published whip count is 150. That’s why Boehner didn’t just pass the bill like he has for the others. That’s why he, Cantor and Ryan made the pilgrimage to Obama. And that’s why Obama rejected the deal. Boehner can’t pass the extension without RAT votes so he must give up more concessions. If Boehner had the GOP votes, he would have passed the bill last night. This was an end-around by Boner/Cantor/Ryan and it failed.
Boner only has 150 GOP votes for the 6 week extension. If he had a majority, he would have passed the bill last night. This was a failed end-around by Boner/Cantor/Ryan.
Remember where you saw this “Published whip count”?
I. myself, even mis-remember things at times...
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