Posted on 06/29/2019 10:52:44 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The musical stylings of Weird Al Yankovic rarely offer clarity about the state of legislation in Congress.
But Weird Al’s 1984 hit “Eat it” (a parody on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”) was inadvertently invoked this past week to crystallize the conundrum facing House Democrats after the Senate approved a crucial border spending bill 84-8.
House liberals were either going to hold out against the Senate measure in favor of their own – or accept the Senate bill.
Amid these deliberations, former Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, a veteran of such impasses, ambled by the Speaker’s Office late Wednesday afternoon as a coterie of reporters stood watch in the hallway. Lott advised that if he were still running the Senate – where the overwhelming 84-8 vote spoke volumes – there would be only one clear path.
“I’d say ‘Eat it, House,’” Lott said with a laugh.
It’s exactly what they did.
But not without a fiery fight first within the House Democratic Caucus – and one that threatens to keep burning for weeks and months to come.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced a huge challenge as she sought to both assuage the concerns from her left flank and engineer a bill that could actually pass.
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“former Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, a veteran of such impasses, ambled by the Speaker’s Office”
Do these swamp creatures ever go away? “Lott ambled by the Speakers office” ??? Just out for a stroll?
It is soooooo nice to see the RATS choking on it. So long overdue. But they are their own worst enemy....
No. And the arteries of DC are clogged with the detritus of former office holders.
And the word is spelled "troll" not "stroll," you know, like someone sitting under a bridge hoping some unsuspecting taxpayers wander by with some loose change.
So the Senate Democrats are also making a mad-dash towards some sanity - if anything about the feral gubmint budget can be described as sane.
And don’t you make me repeat it!
And the word is spelled “troll” not “stroll,”
Got it! And I concur with your observations.
The only thing that we need to do is stop giving EBT cards to illegals.
They’ll self-deport after that.
Illegal aliens getting $4.6B worth of taxpayer dollars.
Americans getting no wall to stop more from coming in.
Liars and traitors, all.
So far, this is the least effective US Congress since 1860.
They have to show they passed something meaningful before the election.
And we all know what happened next.
No. Universal extermination of all leftists, or nothing at all.
Don’t go wobbly on me.
Any Senate bill that gets votes from almost all the demoncrats has got to be really bad, in the long-term, for the U.S., IMHO...
Seems that this "non-wall-supporting" bill plus another black-robe decision to bring even the tiny dribbles of wall construction to another halt is a big-win week for the commie scum...
Yep. We spent another 5 billion on illegal aliens and nothing was accomplished toward closing the border.
So AOC wanted ICE abolished. I want mass deportation. Neither of us got our way.
The Donald won. Pecker puss Pelosi, senate Dems and house Dems had to eat crow and admit there was a crisis on the border.
You and Joe Stalin. A match made in hell.
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The only thing that we need to do is stop giving EBT cards to illegals.
They’ll self-deport after that.
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Rather we did the single, LEGAL, most-comprehensive fix: terminate the WELFARE STATE (in EVERY shape/matter/form+).
Self-deportation would only be *one* of the many “fixes” of said act.
Heh. Had me checking the date, when I saw his name.
Poor Nancy, though. This could stretch her Botox?
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