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As the Senate goes nuclear, what’s the House doing?
Washington Post ^ | 11/21/2013 | JENNIFER RUBIN (Callous manipulator)

Posted on 11/22/2013 6:38:36 AM PST by Qbert

Edited on 11/22/2013 6:39:36 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

While the Senate majority leader is blowing up his institution, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) held an interesting press conference, giving some broad hints as to where that body is going.

First, Boehner suggested that the House isn

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; gopsuicide; illegalimmigration; stupidparty
Harry Reid makes a grotesque power grab in the Senate, and the only thing that the GOP-e can think of is to reward law-breakers with citizenship...

USA, R.I.P.

1 posted on 11/22/2013 6:38:37 AM PST by Qbert
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To: Qbert

The house looks like it will do exactly the OPPOSITE of what it should be doing, in light of the Sinate.

What the house should do is not pass one single piece of legislation. Nada. From here till Sinate control is yanked out of Hairy Reed’s (sicKo) hands.


2 posted on 11/22/2013 6:48:28 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Qbert

Well, Boner is signing up for Obamacare...


3 posted on 11/22/2013 6:53:41 AM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: C210N

We are witness to the essential nullification of the power of the House, with their permission.

Likewise, because the Senate merely carries out WH and Jarrett/0bama orders, we see the last days of the Roman Senate. These people are doing what they are told.

So what if the American people don’t like what’s going on? With the flood of judicial Leftists coming on strong as judges, Jarrett/0bama will simply FORCE results they want, making the Judicial branch take marching orders, too.

We’re through.


4 posted on 11/22/2013 6:54:46 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: C210N

"The house looks like it will do exactly the OPPOSITE of what it should be doing, in light of the Sinate."

Yep. If you don't take a fierce stand against what happened yesterday, it's only going to embolden the totalitarians. Bullies will always keep punching away until somebody punches back.

5 posted on 11/22/2013 6:57:49 AM PST by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Qbert
The House controls the purse.

If I were Speaker of the House, I would introduce a budget directive:

Any judge who receives less than 60 confirmation votes in the Senate will receive 10% of the salary paid to other judges.

6 posted on 11/22/2013 7:03:10 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim ("It is not the color of his skin, ... it is the blackness that fills his soul")
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To: eCSMaster
A strong counter measure is certainly needed. Obie knows he will get nothing done legislatively, so he's got to grease the court where challenges to his diktats will come.

Worse, he knows he has less than a year remaining with the Senate in his control. We thought Fast and Furious was about guns and the border, but look for a year of fast and furious challenges to our way of life.

7 posted on 11/22/2013 7:09:09 AM PST by chiller (NBCNews et al is in the tank and should be embarrassed)
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To: Qbert
As the Senate goes nuclear, what’s the House doing?

Collecting their pay and perks as usual. Thieves!

8 posted on 11/22/2013 7:09:21 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: eCSMaster; C210N

* House NOT pass a bill till Senate goes back to GOP hands
* Judge that didn’t get 60 votes gets paid 10% salary of other judges.

Both excellent ideas. Why in the world if YOU two can think of simple solutions to Reid’s power grab, why won’t GOP do anything?

Is it that they WANT the Dems to have all the power, NSA info more damning than Hillary’s 900 FBI files?


9 posted on 11/22/2013 7:12:24 AM PST by WaterWeWaitinFor (Would Winston Churchill stand still for all this nonsense? Cruz our new Churchill?)
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To: combat_boots; Jacquerie

Not quite. We still have Article V.:

from Convention of States (http://conventionofstates.com/article-v)

The Founders knew the federal government might one day become drunk with the abuses of power. The most important check to this power is Article V. Article V gives states the power to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution.

By calling a convention of the states, we can stop the federal spending and debt spree, the power grabs of the federal courts, and other misuses of federal power. The current situation is precisely what the Founders feared, and they gave us a solution we have a duty to use.

After the states propose, debate, and vote upon the proposed amendments, they will be sent to the 50 state legislatures for ratification. Three-quarters of the states must agree for any of the proposed amendments to be ratified.

Article V. ping!


10 posted on 11/22/2013 7:22:58 AM PST by SC_Pete
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To: neodad

He will sign up for it and then use his own Walter Reed health care.


11 posted on 11/22/2013 7:30:05 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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To: Qbert

Today’s US Senate controllers are using KGB tactics.


12 posted on 11/22/2013 7:50:45 AM PST by OldNavyVet ("Learn from science that you must doubt the experts" ... Richard Feynman)
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To: OldNavyVet

Time to go back to our Constitution and then get some heads rolling.


13 posted on 11/22/2013 9:00:45 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: SC_Pete
I must admit I'm a little surprised that more Freepers don't embrace an Article V amendment convention.

Until 1913, power was divided vertically, between the states and DC. This vertical separation of power represented in a senate of the states ensured the federal government would not wander outside of its enumerated powers.

The 17th amendment GUARANTEED all power would drift upward into DC. Recent events prove this.

If one believes the 17th must go, then an Article V amendment convention is an absolute necessity. There is no other way.

14 posted on 11/22/2013 11:11:00 AM PST by Jacquerie (An Article V amendment convention is our only hope.)
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To: eCSMaster

I like original thinkers and your post certainly qualifies. Well done!


15 posted on 11/22/2013 1:48:59 PM PST by B4Ranch (Name the illness that you have and Google it with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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