Posted on 07/31/2011 2:52:21 PM PDT by mdittmar
(Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid will support the tentative debt-ceiling deal as long as other Democrats back it as well, a spokesman said on Sunday.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
8:32pm | Reid on the floor says leaders have reached a ‘historic bipartisan compromise’.
Reid: Neither party, neither chamber can do this alone.
8:28pm | President Obama will make a statement in the WH briefing Room at approx. 8:40 PM eastern.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/live-coverage-debt-ceiling-sunday-negotiations-2011-7#ixzz1TjUzwTkq
I would love that to be the case.
But, we have to be realistic here. If this gets pushed too far, it could damage the Tea Party's influence and momentum.
It is crap and trickery. It is like dropping a penny in the kitty once a year to pay off the mortgage. REJECT IT!
My contribution in italics. Those Republican and Democrat presidents were throwing away money back when a dollar was really worth something. Obama is just quantitatively different.
Pelosi, true to form wants to block cuts to any social programs. Smells of Rats.
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