House Republicans will vote Thursday on a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running for another week while cutting $12 billion, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday.The Senate Dems and Obama can go along or America can learn to live without nonessential Federal employees (which is probably a surprisingly high percentage of them).
The move sets up a confrontation with Senate Democrats and the White House as negotiators struggle to complete a budget agreement in time to avert a government shutdown this weekend. Democrats are opposed to the latest GOP measure, which would also fund the military for the remainder of the fiscal year…
“Republicans have no interest in shutting down the government,” an exasperated Boehner declared at the conclusion of his press conference. “Shutting down the government I think is irresponsible and I think it will end up costing the American taxpayers more money than we’re already spending.”
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Boehner Plays Hardball
Another week, another $12 billion:
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Didn't John Boehner avoid service in vietnam while patriotic americans served? Bill Clinton and John boehner should be ashamed of themselves. You will delete this because it is true. Did you serve? Probably not
Completely irrelevant, but thanks for playing.
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