Posted on 09/29/2013 10:28:41 AM PDT by don-o
House GOP whip Kevin McCarthy said the House will send a third government-funding bill with “a few other options” if the Democratic-controlled Senate rejects the bill passed in the House last night, as expected.
“We will pass a bill . . . that will keep the government open, that will reflect the House, that I believe the Senate can accept, that will have fundamental changes to Obamacare that can protect the economy for America,” McCarthy said on Fox News Sunday.
The remarks confirm National Review Online’s reporting yesterday that House leadership is considering an eleventh-hour play like passing a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) with language added to end a subsidy for congressional staffers to purchase health insurance.
McCarthy said there are “a lot of items on the table” in discussions about which provision to add to an otherwise clean CR.
From discussions with rank-and-file Republicans late into the evening last night in the Capitol, it’s clear the plan will run into some resistance from the GOP conference. The closed-door meeting where Speaker John Boehner announced the latest plan turned into something of a pep rally, producing a unified conference ready to charge into battle with Obama. Boehner did not mention the next step to his strategy to his members, and at least most of them did not appear to anticipate he would be going in that direction.
On two occasions in the past several weeks, GOP leadership has unveiled a plan only to see conservatives quickly defeat it, prompting questions over whether that could happen again as leadership prepares a culled-down third volley to send to Reid.
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Apparently McCarthy has never played poker.....
Reading everything I could find that Reid and obama said, one has to come to the conclusions, their idea of a compromise is “gives us everything we want and shut up about it”.
And of course they will cave, except for a few people in the house and senate they are all cowards.
When someone gives you a counter offer of less than you asked for, you can consider reducing what you asked for, if you want to compromise (if you are not in "take it or leave it mode"). If someone rejects your offer completely, you don't compromise with yourself. You send back the exact same thing. That sends a message that the other side better give somewhere or you are not budging.
The House leadership suffers from the same thing that Obama does--they have never been in the real world.
BUMP
So McCarthy is telling the senate to defeat the bill the house just sent over to them because we will be sending them another one more to their liking next time?
Whose side is he on?
-— Apparently McCarthy has never played poker..... -—
Stupid or complicit? I think we got the answer last week.
The House needs to SAY NO TO THE COLLABORATORS!
These Repubs are novices at real world. What the he** kind of negotiating strategy are they using: How to lose.
What sniveling fakers.
They are so bad at bluffing, it’s pretty clear they don’t want the other side to accept any of their faux demands.
And now we’re on to simply patching up Obamacare?
Yikes!
PRAY for them instead of just putting them down.....they are trying against GREAT ODDS....they need our encouragement. Call their local and DC offices to let them know you approve.
Is McCarthy an idiot?? Why tell them this???
In other words...
WE GIVE!
So you actually still think they’re really trying?
The Maxwell Smart school of negotiation.
Would you believe...
Bear - Woods - Poop
McCarthy said there are “a lot of items on the table”
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The House “leadership” is fumbling the ball in the red zone once again and letting the other team run it in for a touchdown.
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