The problem is that the Republicans are unwilling to pick ANY hill to battle over. They CAVED, pure and simple. If they caved on this, it emboldens the Dems to hold on in the next battle.
I was looking forward to having 2011 being a long series of skirmishes. If not the defunding of Planned Parenthood, then the National Endowment for the Arts. Every two week period, pick SOMETHING and have the Dems have to either defend it, or offer up an alternative to cut. Make them bleed week to week, have it carry on week after week of the public seeing the Dems unwilling to cut ANYTHING.
Instead, they caved. The people who support this now, I do NOT want to hear any whining from when they cave AGAIN over the 2012 budget.
The problem is that the Republicans are unwilling to pick ANY hill to battle over. They CAVED, pure and simple. If they caved on this, it emboldens the Dems to hold on in the next battle."
The House now needs to vote on this & approve it. Ms Bachmann is saying that she is not happy with this & was expecting a fight to get more cuts & that did not happen.
This agreement could still go down in flames. The House has one week to agree or disagree. It seems that Boehner was not working with ALL the Republicans on this. He was dealing with Reid & Obama & his own party was not aware of what he agreed to. In essence - HE CAVED!
We need to bombard our representatives with our displeasure & they need to vote NO. If they do that - they can re-negotiate this with the same threat of shutting the government down.
Part of this deal must be that the troops ARE PAID if the government shuts down.
If I'm correct & a NO vote can make this deal null & void, do WE have the spine to take this on?? ?