Congress

Open wide for the debt ceiling sandwich

Posted 01 Aug 2011 in Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, economy, Republicans
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After weeks of partisan bickering, President Obama and congressional leaders seem to have reached a deal Sunday night to raise the government’s debt ceiling. For now, it looks like they might avoid a government default, but they still haven’t settled the crucial issue of federal spending. Obama gets an immediate $2.4 trillion extension of the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling in exchange for the promise of approximately $2.4 trillion in spending cuts spaced out over the 2012-2021 period. That’s a pretty long road down which to kick the can. The Congressional Budget Office has released its analysis of the deal: Establish caps on discretionary spending through 2021; Allow for certain amounts of additional spending for “program integrity” initiatives aimed at reducing the...

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Uncle Jay explains how Congress (sorta) works.

Posted 18 Jun 2011 in Congress, humor
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The Pelosi/Reid 111th Congress only worked 127 out of the 253 business days in 2010. I guess that explains why they couldn’t manage to submit or approve a budget.

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Should U.S. stop aid to Pakistan?

Posted 06 May 2011 in Allen West, Congress, economy, terrorism

Hey Congress! Wanna trim $3 billion dollars from the federal budget? Start by cutting off financial aid to Pocky-stahn! No US assistance can be provided to Pakistan unless the Obama administration certifies to Congress that Pakistan did not have any information about Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, says a bill introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs but a growing number of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are urging their colleagues not to take decisions that may hurt US interests. “Congress has already appropriated $3 billion in aid to Pakistan for this year,” said Congressman Ted Poe, a Texas Republican, while introducing the bill. “Unless Pakistan can prove that...

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Who won the budget showdown?

Posted 09 Apr 2011 in Congress, economy

At literally the eleventh hour last night, Democrats and Republicans essentially called a truce on the budget fight. Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown late Friday night after Republicans and Democrats reached a last-minute deal on historic spending cuts in the 2011 budget. Just around midnight, House and Senate approved a six-day “bridge” bill that will keep the government operating while they draft bipartisan legislation to fund the government for the final six months of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. Democratic and Republican leaders feared a government shutdown would damage them politically, with polls showing voters opposed to a work stoppage but evenly divided over which party would be to blame for it. …Under the terms of...

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BREAKING: Deal avoids government shutdown

Posted 09 Apr 2011 in Barack Obama, Congress, economy

A deal has been reached to avert a government shutdown. Sounds like the Democrat Party realized that the tide of public opinion had turned against them, and that shutting down the government would come back to haunt them in next year’s election. Perilously close to a government shutdown, congressional leaders reached agreement with the White House late Friday night on a deal to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending and avert the closure.House Speaker John Boehner informed the GOP rank and file of the accord, reached in grueling negotiations over several weeks, an official said. “We have an agreement,” concurred a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Jon Summers. Because drafting and then passing the...

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Democrats will shut down government and suspend military pay to protect federal funding of abortion

Posted 08 Apr 2011 in abortion, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, economy

Since this week’s big story is the showdown over the budget, let’s take a minute to look at some basic facts before delving into the Democrat Party’s shenanigans. One of the primary duties of the Legislative Branch is to establish the annual budget for the United States government. The budget is supposed to be completed before the start of the fiscal year (which happens to be Oct 1). Obama, Pelosi and Reid failed to create a budget — it was supposed to be ready by Sept 30, 2010. And at the time, the Democrat Party controlled the House, the Senate, and the White House. Now Obama and Reid have the gall to blame Republicans for Democrat incompetence. And they’re...

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GOP reads Constitution on House floor, Democrats react like vampires to holy water

Posted 06 Jan 2011 in Congress, Democrats, Republicans

Why are the Democrats so dead-set against reading the United States Constitution? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. Their record spending reveals their ideological opposition to restraint. And The New York Times wasted no time ridiculing the Republicans for trying to steer the House of Representatives back to its founding principles. A theatrical production of unusual pomposity will open on Wednesday when Republicans assume control of the House for the 112th Congress. A rule will be passed requiring that every bill cite its basis in the Constitution. A bill will be introduced to repeal the health care law. On Thursday, the Constitution will be read aloud in the House chamber. And in one particularly self-important flourish, the new speaker,...

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Santa vs. Washington

Posted 23 Dec 2010 in Congress, humor

Via Bankrupting America: “Santa is real. And he has a thing or two to tell Washington.”

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Lame duck Democrats propose $1.1 trillion spending bill loaded with earmarks

Posted 15 Dec 2010 in Congress, Democrats, outrage

***SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES*** When an employee is fired, he or she is usually escorted immediately from the building by security personnel. I’ve never heard of an instance where a terminated worker is allowed to handle the finances of the company that just gave them the sack. But that’s what we’re allowing our lame-duck Congress to do. On their way out the door, they’ve loaded a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill with billions in increased spending and over 6,000 earmarks totaling $8.3 billion! Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a broad agenda for an end-of-session sprint that, in other years, could be a whole year’s worth of activity — ranging from an arms-reduction treaty with Russia to a major immigration...

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Democrat senator caught on mic saying Lame Duck session ‘all rigged’

Posted 30 Nov 2010 in Congress, Democrats, lies

It’s nice to see the Democrat party’s disingenuous calls for bipartisanship being hauled into the light of day, courtesy of a hot mic. During a moment of extreme candor that was picked up by a hot microphone, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) on Tuesday was heard voicing his displeasure with Democratic plans for the lame-duck session of Congress. “It’s all rigged,” Bennet said to a colleague– possibly Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) — on the Senate floor. “I mean, the whole conversation’s rigged. The fact that we don’t get a discussion before the break about what we’re going to do in the lame duck — it’s just rigged. This stuff’s rigged.”

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