Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: itsahoot
Well they can defund them, but shucks they would be blamed for shutting the government down. Better Red than Dead I guess.

You are correct that Congress does have the power of the purse, but Boehner and McConnell have already surrendered that as a bargaining tool. But you can't really blame Gowdy for that.

93 posted on 03/10/2015 8:28:10 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 92 | View Replies ]


To: CA Conservative
But you can't really blame Gowdy for that.

I can blame him for not publicly demanding that the GOP use the power of the purse. Remember he is not above ducking important votes.

98 posted on 03/10/2015 10:40:14 AM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 93 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson