Breaking: GOP passes Cut, Cap, & Balance Act (Paul Ryan Declares Victory, Bachmann Dissents)

Hotair ^ | 07/19/2011 | Ed Morrisey

[RitaOK]

Coburn is a BS artist like most others in that cesspool . A moment ago on Greta he said his 9 trill figure is not attainable. “ <<<

Well, of course that’s the reality that it won’t pass, but he says it can solve 100% of the problem with the ideas in it. Until the majority is ours and not theirs nothing of ours can be crammed down their throat. 2012 means a lot.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

HOLD THE LINE!

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Bachmann may be a nobody but she did the right thing. She held on and voted against raising the debt ceiling. Good for her! BRAVO.

[dusttoyou]

Its coming!
Asside from the Over the hill gang of 6, am betting there is some rope-a-dope going on with the Senate GOPers that ties in CC&B Bill.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

We can hope that this now puts the democrat majority in the senate into a pressure cooker.

Maybe it would have if Tom Coburn and the other Senate GOP idiots hadn't come up with their own vague, nebulous, Obama-approved proposal - you know, the one that doesn't touch entitlement spending.

[Paladin2]

Yep. Pass a few more choices, this time with no new3 traxes and IMMEDIATE spending decreases.

No more Arugula for the White Hut.

[tobyhill]

Not an Obama troll. The House did not pass what the Tea Party wants because this is just exchange for a debt ceiling increase and by the way I'm a member of the Tea Party, Sarg.
I don't want the debt ceiling increased but politically not doing so is political suicide.
All I said was drop the BBA and get what little victory we can and move on to the 2012 budget and the next election.
The alternative to getting the the House plan passed with or without the BBA is one of the 2 RINO Senate Plans. Is that what you want?

[RitaOK]

” Maybe it would have if Tom Coburn and the other Senate GOP idiots hadn’t come up with their own vague, nebulous, Obama-approved proposal - you know, the one that doesn’t touch entitlement spending. “ <<<<

I stay confused. Too much information. Coburn took the Gang of Six his 9 Trillion deal, like, yesterday. The full senate is about to get the House Bill, Cut,Cap&Balance, that passed 3 hours ago. Then the Gang of Six together had their own plan that you mention, but even that is a start on the 9 Trillion Plan though its purpose is to get us through August 2. Right?

[RitaOK]

question: Remind me what is the BBA? I hate acronyms. I stay lost.

[logician2u]

Bachmann may be a nobody but she did the right thing. She held on and voted against raising the debt ceiling. Good for her! BRAVO

The nine House Republicans who stood their ground and voted against the fraudulent balancing act:

• Bachmann
• Broun (GA)
• Canseco
• DesJarlais
• Griffith (VA)
• Jones
• Mack
• Paul
• Rohrabacher

Kudos to them all.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

balanced budget amendment

[newzjunkey]

Coburn is Obama's favorite "conservative" senator and has been since 2009

[tobyhill]

Balanced Budget Amendment.

If we play our cards right we can get a BBA after we take over the Senate and the White House. If even then we don’t have enough for a Constitutional Amendment we can get it passed through Senate and House rules.

[Cheetahcat]

There are Tax increases in that crap sandwich!

[Jane Long]

The House crap sandwich or the Co-burn, Gang of Sicks crap sandwich?

[tobyhill]

Exactly. Both Republicans and Democrats are hellbent on giving Obama the increase. We need to get the best deal we can and move on to the 2012 budget and the elections.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Here's a summary of the Gang Of Six proposal from Daniel Mitchell at the Cato Institute.

Some lowlights:

A tax overhaul which "must be estimated to provide $1 trillion in additional revenue to meet plan targets". That's $1 trillion in new taxes.

No spending caps on entitlements.

According to Jeff Sessions, the actual savings over a decade if the proposal is followed to the letter amounts to $1.2 trillion - and that's with $1 trillion in new taxes. This isn't a serious proposal to cut spending or deal with our debt crisis.

[impimp]

Don’t be a pessimist. Don’t believe the spin.

[sergeantdave]

“Not an Obama troll. The House did not pass what the Tea Party wants because this is just exchange for a debt ceiling increase and by the way I’m a member of the Tea Party, Sarg.”

Then I misunderstood you. My apologies. I completely disagree with you, though, about your Tea Party statement.

[cpdiii]

There are a few cans I’d like to see kicked down the road although I’d settle for them being ridden out on a rail.

I would suggest John McCain as a start.

This man puzzles me. The pilot John McCain was a man of extraordinary courage, honor and integrity. I have no idea what Senator John McCain is, it "aint" pretty.