Posted on 07/30/2011 8:21:33 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
ABC News has learned that Republicans and the White House have struck a tenative deal to raise the debt ceiling before the Aug. 2 deadline.
It's not done yet, but here is the framework of the tentative deal they have worked out, according to a source familiar with the negotiations:
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...
You are so right.
Yhe commercials that conservatives ( not sure if its the Rep party)are running now are great..the spending “addict” one is super! It gets it across better than Mcconnel droning on.ha.
I agree.
But watch out...or you will be called a troll.
But the Congress would have to vote on any tax increases.
Debt ceiling increase=$2.8 trillion
Spending cuts=$1.8 trillion (only if “approved” any bets on
this happening?)
And this is a GOOD deal????
America, get ready to be made even poorer by the morons
in charge. I hope we get revenge next year!
We dont have the Senate or the White House...what do you want Boehner to do? Put Reid and Obama in a headlock and give them noogies until they give in?
“I hope we get revenge next year!”
Revenge starts by getting rid of the Bonyhead from Ohio.
This deal is a farce.
You are kidding right?
The Energy Department is one of the most useless Departments we have.
I call that a GOOD start!...unless he mans up and opposes the idiocy being presented as a done deal!
Indeed...and unfortunately, it’s not gonna get better at this time, I fear. We are screwed by the nutjob in the WH.
Did I read the article wrong when it said the commission will recommend cuts and REVENUE, i.e. Taxes?
The formation of a special Congressional committee to recommend further deficit reduction of up to $1.6 trillion (whatever it takes to add up to the total of the debt ceiling increase). This deficit reduction could take the form of spending cuts, tax increases or both.
Well, it would make good TV.
LMAO!!
Is this a JOKE??
Due to the low amount of spending cuts, the only good thing to come out of this will be the BBA vote but even that is meaningless because the Senate will never pass it.
Basically Obama got his way, we got the shaft without even the courtesy of a reach around.
Prepare for lots of patting on backs and Obama taking credit for it all, after him demanding Tax increases and a clean debt ceiling raise and not getting either of them.
It is ostensible that I underestimated the cowardice, and complicity of the Republicans.
If instead of another debate over the debt limit we have one over BBA before the next election, I’ll take that trade. Let the dims vote down BBA and suffer the consequences.
And IF -big IF - this deal has real triggers that impose across the board cuts for the second $1.8 trillion cuts, then this isn’t bad.
My sense is that it is now the dims squealing the loudest and may kill the deal.
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