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Another View -- Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen: Stop the bickering, start governing
The Union Leader ^ | October 13, 2013 | Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen

Posted on 10/13/2013 6:25:59 AM PDT by Jim Noble

GRANITE STATERS are rightly frustrated and fed up with the current gridlock in Washington that has resulted in a government shutdown that is hurting families and small businesses. We share that frustration - and we know that our country deserves better from their elected representatives. That's why we're calling on Republicans and Democrats to come to the table now, work out a plan to reopen the government, and develop a long-term deficit reduction plan that will move us beyond this impasse.

Too many in Washington are wasting time and energy finger-pointing and playing the blame game instead of working together to find a way forward. During an informal bipartisan get-together we hosted earlier this week for our women colleagues in the Senate, there was unanimous agreement that members of both parties need to put politics aside and act in the best interests of our country.

Washington could take a lesson from our state's long, proud tradition of bipartisanship and compromise. In the Senate, we don't agree on every issue, but we are committed to working together on behalf of our constituents. And we've been successful as a result.

In just the past year, we've worked together to bolster our small business exporters because we know it will help grow our economy. Together we lead a key Armed Services subcommittee responsible for overseeing our military's readiness, which has allowed us to be strong advocates for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and its dedicated workforce. And we were proud to support the Pease Air National Guard Base's 157th Air Refueling Wing's successful effort to become the new home of the KC-46A refueling tanker.

When it comes to our nation's fiscal challenges, we have been part of bipartisan efforts to produce a long-term deficit reduction package that will put our country on a more fiscally sustainable path. That effort would be bolstered - and future crisis situations could be avoided entirely - if Washington did its job and passed a budget and appropriations bills on time. To that end, we support legislation that would force Congress to budget responsibly and rein in excessive spending while also requiring better oversight and stewardship of taxpayer dollars.

The American people sent 535 representatives to Washington to work together to address difficult issues and to move our country forward. They did not send us here to manufacture crises, skirt our responsibilities, and bicker with one another. Regardless of political party, everyone should agree that the stalemate in Washington is unacceptable. And for each day that we let it continue, our country is paying too heavy a price.

We have a divided government, but governing is not a winner-take-all sport. We should seize this opportunity to successfully address the many challenges facing our country - and that means putting an end to partisan bickering and starting to actually listen to one another. It's time for our nation's leaders to stop the partisan gamesmanship and start governing and working across the aisle in good faith. That's what is expected of us as elected representatives of the American people, and they deserve nothing less.

Jeanne Shaheen, D, and Kelly Ayotte, R, represent New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: barrycades; commies; operationwhipcracker; shaming; stupidity
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To: Jim Noble

According to Jeff Lloyd over at The American Spectator, the now-storied rancor in the closed door Senate GOP meeting where Ted Cruz and Mike Lee were basically skewered was led by Ayotte. She was the one who began the screaming, and complaining at the tactics of these two in their attempt to serve their constituents. As if they ought to do what she’s done: consider themselves as no more than employees of “Senate GOP Inc.”, led by the feckless McConnell.

So the list of GOP Primary Targets keeps growing: Ayotte adds her name to the list of McConnell, Graham, Alexander, Corker, McLame, et.al.


21 posted on 10/13/2013 7:13:18 AM PDT by antonico
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To: Jim Noble
The only one of the two authors who wrote this tripe who has any balls is Shaheen.

At least she knows she is in a fight and wants to win.

22 posted on 10/13/2013 7:21:06 AM PDT by Gritty (Progressives see themselves as saints, opponents as Satanists; that justifies anything-D. Horowitz)
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To: Jim Noble

It means Ayotte has essentially turned her vote over to Shaheen. So who needs Ayotte, with Shaheen having two votes? People in NH never seem to get it right, but they did help send Reagan to the nomination in 1980. They would never do that again, however.


23 posted on 10/13/2013 7:22:32 AM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: Theodore R.
What do you get when you combine the state's two senators?:

Sha-yotte

24 posted on 10/13/2013 7:24:32 AM PDT by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
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To: Jim Noble
Shaheen is 100% with 0bama on every issue.
If Ayotte had even one conservative bone in her body, she would be against everything Shaheen is for.
We need Ayotte to be our counterweight and she's not.

25 posted on 10/13/2013 8:01:28 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Jim Noble
Too many in Washington are wasting time and energy finger-pointing and playing the blame game instead of working together to find a way forward.

It's intellectually lazy not to know who is to blame. Such laziness only contributes to the problem.

What we have here is a low info Op-Ed targeting low info voters.

26 posted on 10/13/2013 8:04:36 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Jim Noble
Stop the bickering, start governing

Which is the liberal rapist way of saying, "Stop trying to resist! Just lay back and enjoy it!".

27 posted on 10/13/2013 8:43:56 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DemocRAT Pahtay! Spending our grandchildren's future, today!)
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To: Jim Noble

NH has fallen. It is now simply Mass north.


28 posted on 10/13/2013 8:50:47 AM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Jim Noble

NH voted for The Clown twice.
NH voted for McInsane and Rombama in the GOP primaries in 2008 and 2012 respectively.

The state is a leftist cesspool.


29 posted on 10/13/2013 12:22:06 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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