Posted on 07/22/2011 8:15:46 AM PDT by BfloGuy
The Democratic-controlled Senate on Friday narrowly voted to block a Republican measure that would force Congress to pass a stringent balanced budget amendment and cap spending before increasing the debt ceiling.
The legislation, a conservative priority, never had a chance of passing, but the strictly partisan 51-46 vote to table the “Cut, Cap and Balance” bill highlighted the partisan divide in Washington over how to tackle spending and raise the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt limit.
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“strictly partisan 51-46 vote”
Suggestion to the House Republicans:
- Let things get “a little hotter”.
- Rewrite the “CCB” bill. Change it from “Cut, Cap, Balance” to simply “Cut & Cap”. Get rid of the “Balanced Budget Amendment”. That simply isn’t going to fly, budget crisis or not. No way, no how. The core of conservatism is “realism”, so let’s be realists, ok?
- Revote on “CC” in the House and send it to the Senate and force a vote there.
- Without a “forced commitment” to the amendment, and under increasing pressure, that might just get the two votes needed to win.
Just guessin’.....
The debt limit is the law.
The republicans offered an alternative and the democrats rejected it.
The republicans don’t need to do anything more.
Exactly. We showed you our Plan, now show us yours or shut your yapper!!
You hit the nail on the head!
I’m sick of it! I want to puke every time I see yet ANOTHER pregnant leech (of all colors) dragging two and three kids around barely out of diapers. I know damn well who is paying for it! And where is the SPERM DONOR?!
We get up every day, GO TO WORK, we mow our own yard, clean our own home, PAY OUR BILLS, etc. while these leeches lay around all day on their asses and collect money redistributed to them from hard working TAXPAYERS!
NO, we do NOT need to send more money to Washington!!!
They need to figure out that we are SICK OF IT!!!
Both my Senators (Warner and Webb) are Democrats; and voted Party line. But I repeat myself.
Here's the breakdown (from http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00116):
| Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Nay Ayotte (R-NH), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Blunt (R-MO), Nay Boozman (R-AR), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Brown (R-MA), Nay Burr (R-NC), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Coats (R-IN), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Nay Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay DeMint (R-SC), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Franken (D-MN), Yea |
Gillibrand (D-NY), Not Voting Graham (R-SC), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Nay Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Heller (R-NV), Nay Hoeven (R-ND), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johanns (R-NE), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting Kirk (R-IL), Nay Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Nay Manchin (D-WV), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Merkley (D-OR), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
Moran (R-KS), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Paul (R-KY), Nay Portman (R-OH), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Nay Sanders (I-VT), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Nay Toomey (R-PA), Nay Udall (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Nay Warner (D-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
Note that the Senate Democrats have now voted down all three budget proposals that have been put on the table:
1 - Paul Ryan budget plan
2 - Barack Obama budget joke
3 - Cut, Cap and Balance
YES Boehner needs to bring up a bill today that says interest on the debt, Social Security, Medicare, and military pay and benefits shall be paid in full from current income “
Strict Party line vote - tells me the House is holding the line - marginal Senate Democrats have enough cover to vote no.
Agreed. The mobster in chief will in no way allow the Balanced Budget Amendment move forward, esp. as he has no say in its approval should it pass the Senate.
That’s the motion to proceed. Notice all the (D)s voted ‘Yea’ and all the (R)s voted ‘Nay’.
I called my Republican Representatives and told them “In the words of Margaret Thatcher, don’t go wobbly on me now”.
I just called Mark Pryor’s office. His phone is overloaded but I left a message asking WHERE THE HELL HIS PLAN IS!
Arkansas Office
The River Market
500 Clinton Ave Ste 401
Little Rock, AR 72201
p: (501) 324-6336
f: (501) 324-5320
Washington, D.C. Office
255 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg
Washington, D.C. 20510
p: (202) 224-2353
f: (202) 228-0908
Toll Free from AR
p: (877) 259-9602
Isn’t this really the biggest news of the day. The media acts like it isn’t a big deal. Why?
Because Obama framed this vote as not important
WE need to MAKE this breaking news - IMPORTANT. Otherwise we have just played right into Obama’s hands. Acting like this isn’t important.
This should be the breaking news story of the week.
Democrats REJECT a balanced budget
To be really mean they could pass a bill saying that no federal money can be used to provide security for the first family during vacations other than at the White House, Camp David and their Chicago home.
Notice how lock step the (D)s are in raising taxes before an Election. Notice how unified they are against Balanced Budgets (or budgets of any kind except more Spending).
Wonder how this will do at the Polls.
Interesting way to campaign don't you think?
Without the “B” part there’s no teeth in the bill. “CC” when carried forward over the next decade would easily be ignored/altered by the then elected congress. The “Balance” part as envisioned as a constitutional amendment (read “Law”) would require any and all congresses to fulfill their responsibilities.
If any Democrat votes against paying Social Security and Medicare run ads in his state letting everyone know.
Also
SENATE TAKES WEEKEND OFF
Another sure sign that John A. Boehner may indeed be lying - there most likely IS a deal
Indeed. The motion to proceed to TABLE.
They voted on this:
Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 2560 )
The Senate voted to table CC&B. Fitting that a "yea" vote means no here. We're living in a bizzaro world.
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