Posted on 10/10/2013 9:31:30 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
Updated 12:28 p.m. | House Budget Chairman Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters Thursday morning that he intends to go to conference on the budget, signaling the end to one of the year’s greatest impasses between the two parties and chambers.
“We’re gonna start negotiations,” Ryan said. “I intend to go to conference.
“I think when Leader Pelosi said that they would remove all the motions to instruct, that was a good-faith effort to get serious negotiations going,” he continued. “We intend to go to conference on that. As you know, a budget resolution is not sufficient to do all that we need to do, but it’s a step in the right direction.”
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by other members of Democratic leadership, announced Oct. 5 that her party was prepared to forfeit its right to offer “motions to instruct” should Republicans name conferees to merge the House and Senate budgets. That removed the threat of forcing Republicans having to take numerous politically difficult but nonbinding votes.
Speaker John A. Boehner made mention of a budget conference as part of an overall offer to President Barack Obama that would extend the debt ceiling for six weeks but not reopen the government.
“What we’re going to do is offer the president the ability to move a temporary increase in the debt ceiling [and] an agreement to go to conference on the budget for his willingness to sit down and discuss with us a way forward to reopen the government and start to deal with America’s pressing problems,” the Ohio Republican said.
Senate Democrats have held the position that both the debt ceiling and the current government shutdown must be addressed before moving into broader negotiations on the top-line spending levels for fiscal 2014 and other budgetary changes.
“We think the only way out of this cycle of constant crises is for the two sides to work together, make some compromises, and get to a fair and responsible long term deal,” Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray said Wednesday. “But it just doesn’t make sense to do that while families and communities are being hurt by this government shutdown and while the threat of a default hangs over our head.”
The Washington Democrat made the comments on the Senate floor while making yet another request for a budget conference committee upon action to avert a default and get the government funded.
“We will sit down and negotiate over anything Republicans want, and we pledge to work as hard as we can, for as long as it takes until we get a fair long-term budget deal to end these constant crises. But first, this current crisis needs to end and the threat of the next one needs to be lifted,” Murray said. “Republicans don’t need a hostage, there are plenty of things Democrats want out of a long term deal that we are very interested in making some compromises for.”
uups, I should have made it clear that YOU didn’t say that.
Ryan was a disappointment in debate with Biden; like his mentor Kemp was with Gore. He picked a bad time to turn soft on liberalism. I guess he is motivated by WI people, who seek special liberal programs.
Any Conservative who thinks Paul Ryan is a true conservative after this is not thinking straight. Any Conservative who supports Paul Ryan for ANY national office in the future is a FOOL.
Cue the Ryan defenders....
Ryan is what he has always been — a professional politician. He would not be in a position of leadership in the House if currying favor with the party elites wasn’t a higher priority than his oath of office. Romney chose him to be the VP candidate because he knew Ryan would be a good soldier. Ryan played his role well during the campaign and continues to do what his masters tell him to do.
Next time the GOP nominates a RINO for the lead on the ticket and puts forward a supposed “conservative” to balance the ticket, we can be assured the VP candidate is a wolf in sheeps clothing.
Palin was a rare anomaly. However, even Palin did what she was told during the campaign plus she supported McCain for his Senate reelection campaign.
As Ryan demonstrates the party establishment learned its lesson with Palin. No more real conservatives.
Everyone should know from past experiences that the RINOS cave on spending and the debt limit every single time. Anyone who thinks that this time will be any different is living in fantasy land. Also Obamacare will never be defunded, better to let it loose on the people and let those that voted for it deal with the consequences. When the SHTF we know who to blame and to hold accountable.
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