[Libloather]

It's a start.

[cvq3842]

If all spending bills have to originate in the House, then the Republicans can just exclude funding for the IRS enforcement, or for the law itself. Then there is nothing for the Senate to defeat, or for the President to sign.

I realize I am assuming that the Republicans have courage and want to listen to the people who elected them, and that the Senate and White House will lack the shamelessness to disregard the law and the Constitution, and that John Roberts will not cave in like a weak, craven man if they do.

But I’m just sayin’ - in a constitutional republic this is how it could work.

I’m not quite sure what kind of system we have at the moment.

[wallcrawlr]

The House and Senate better start to care about what they are going to do regarding the “Bush Tax Cuts”.

USA is going to go back to Clinton era rates and policies in about 6 months and no one is talking about it.

Be ready for more tax hikes on top of the health care tax rape.

[Cheerio]

NO, this is only theatrics since Reid throws them in file 13.
IT IS PAST TIME FOR THE PUBBIES TO FIND A SPINE WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING AND/OR PASS ANOTHER CONTINUING RESOLUTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Postman]

“...The bill would have to get through the Senate and be signed by President Obama to become law...” “It’s a start.”

...and the end because it will die in the Senate.

Does the House have the power to simply sequester funding for this disaster without Senate approval and Zero’s signature?

[Sgt_Schultze]

The report notes that in 2010, HHS allocated $20 million to the IRS for enforcing the healthcare law "without the Committee's knowledge." It also notes that the IRS received $168 million from HHS to implement the law in 2011, and plans to get another $322 million from HHS in 2012.

The House should make a point of cutting the budget allocation for HHS by $510 million to recover the money it did not need. They should also cut the budget allocation for the IRS by $510 million for monies they spent in excess of their lawful budget. If agencies are allowed to shift money among themselves, what kind of control do the peoples' representatives have over spending and over priorities?

I wonder if the obie-types would appreciate it if a Republican president were to shift several $$billion to build out an interceptor system or an air craft carrier.

[ChildOfThe60s]

It's a start.

Sadly, it doesn't even rise to that. Everyone knows that the Senate will ignore it. Hell, if we had 65 Republicans in the Senate we couldn't get it through.

We will never get anything of value through the Senate because too many Republicans there are traitors. I don't mean to conservatism. I mean to the Constitution.

[djf]

But then they enable it some time down the road - and you find you owe seven years (or whatever) of “penalties”...