Posted on 12/11/2014 7:17:31 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The House narrowly approved a vital spending bill Thursday night despite deep misgivings among liberals and conservatives alike, sending the measure to the Senate as a funding deadline looms.
The bill passed on a 219-206 vote, following an intense lobbying effort by House Republican leaders and the White House.
Current government funding technically runs out at midnight Thursday, and lawmakers still are expected to move a stopgap measure to buy time as the Senate considers the main $1.1 trillion spending package. That debate could last through the weekend and potentially into Monday.
Passage in the House followed hours of urgent appeals from an unlikely alliance: President Obama and House GOP leadership.
Obama and Vice President Biden worked the phones to sway Democratic lawmakers. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough also met on the Hill with the Democratic caucus. Despite sources inside the meeting initially saying he did little to persuade lawmakers, a rift emerged in the Democratic leadership late Thursday. As House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi continued to oppose the bill, her deputy, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., urged passage.
Meanwhile, House GOP leaders did what they could to sway conservative members who, for different reasons, were opposed to the package.
In the end, 67 Republicans defected, but 57 Democrats voted for it.
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Boehner dancing with the devil.
Yes but this thread provides more details.
Glad I left the Party.
Pray America is waking
Well they caved and betrayed the base before they were even sworn in as the majority. I can hardly wait to see what will happen after January. Unbelievable!
I’m going to miss Michelle Bachmann ( who voted no ).
Steve King voted no as well.
Paul Ryan voted yes.
So did Bill Cassidy ( who just defeated Landrieu last week ).
Of course, God forbid they work
They got the gold mine we got the shaft
They said they split it all down the middle
But the queers/illegals/perverts got the better half
Is boehner a homosexual? He acts like one. Is he married? Is she like michelle or is it possible he is a tranny, female to male? They are rare but it would explain a lot.
Once the dance has been decided upon, all that remains is choreography.
“I can hardly wait to see what will happen after January.”
More of the same. A dog always returns to its vomit.
The scarey part is that Boener is going to have even more power next year. In a sense We are even more doomed with republicans in control as all the fighting will end and the republicans will be doing Obama’s and the democrats bidding.
Boener was groomed for this job just like Obama. And Boener is one of the greatest infiltrators, and traitors to have ever lived. The USA is ending. Checkmate.
We’ll see how many minutes it takes the senate to pass.
They’re in agreement, so you’ll pardon me if I don’t stay up to watch.
Which party did you join?
Oh sure. Where’s Obama’s veto pen when we really need it? Now THAT would be interesting to see.
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