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Subscribe to RSS“Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday afternoon criticized House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) as the only congressional leader who has failed to make meaningful concessions or bring a plan to the table in the ongoing debt-ceiling negotiations,” The Hill reports. “ ‘There is one person who hasn't come up with a plan, hasn't compromised, hasn't reached out to the other side in an effort to move forward, and that is the majority leader in the House, Mr. Cantor,’ Schumer said from the Senate floor. ‘He is the only one who still says, 'My way or the highway.'”
The Washington Post writes that Senate Majority Leader Reid and Senate Minority Leader McConnell “are discussing a strategy that would pair McConnell’s debt-limit proposal with at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts identified through bipartisan talks that Vice President Biden has led in recent weeks. The deal also could create a committee of 12 lawmakers who would be assigned with identifying trillions of dollars in additional savings. The panel’s recommendations would be fast-tracked to votes in the House and the Senate and would not be subject to amendment, a process similar to the one Congress uses for closing military bases.”
The Hill: “A curveball from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has split Republicans and Democrats over what to do on the nation’s debt limit.”
A small band of Senate Republicans said Wednesday that it intends to oppose all spending bills that are brought to the Senate floor until the chamber approves a budget — a position that could spread among GOP lawmakers,” Roll Call writes. “ ‘I plan to vote against proceeding to all individual appropriations bills until the Senate passes a budget,’ Sen. Bob Corker (Tenn.) said in a release after voting to prevent the Senate from taking up the fiscal 2012 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bill.”
“A television spot that began airing Wednesday in Salt Lake City jointly praises Utah Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee for supporting a proposed balanced budget amendment to the Constitution,” Roll Call writes. “FreedomPath, a 501(c)(4) organization, is funding the 30-second ad. It was unclear Wednesday evening who is behind the group, but its purpose could be to boost Hatch’s re-election prospects in the Republican primary by associating him with Lee on fiscal policy. The television spot is slated to run on broadcast and cable television in Salt Lake City, Utah’s largest media market.”
“Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) might look to rejoin a group of senators who tried to negotiate a bipartisan solution to the deficit, according to The Associated Press,” via The Hill. “Coburn said he has ‘floated’ a couple of deficit-reduction ideas to other members of the Gang of Six (now known as the Gang of Five without Coburn) and is waiting for their response.”
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BOGO brain Cantor seems unable to read the handwriting on the wall. The wise men in his party have surrendered. What's he still looking for.......Boehner seat?
"The wise men in his party have surrendered."
So...gulp...does that mean the President held the debt ceiling "hostage" for cheap political victories?
Say it aint so !
Bob,
"Hostage taking" is the Republicans strategy. No one else uses that strategy. Good attempt disown that one. Almost as good as McConnell saying Republicans will end up with "co-ownership of the bad economy." Co-Ownership? Sorry McConnell. According to the public it is yours and yours completely. The public is not stupid. They realize they were lied to in 2010 about jobs jobs jobs. It has been all social issues and hostage taking. No jobs since Boehner and his band of misfits took over. The citizens of the United States will reverse their mistakes of 2010 in 2012.
BOB,
"for cheap political victories?"
Whatever. You guys, GOP, must get this job done whether you like it or not. You can rant from now till thy kingdom come. Again, the "wise" men in your party know this, Obama is cold blooded. All you guys need to do is simply, bend over.
You know that person in meetings at work, often a passive-aggressive person who is a contrarian to everything others contribute while contributing nothing himself? That's Eric Cantor. If someone says white he'll say black, and the person running the meeting needs to force Cantor to back up what he is saying with FACTS and not just be disruptive.
As for Hatch from Utah, you know how the Tea Party started out claiming they were only interested in fiscal responsibility and not social conservative issues? Then after the 2010 election the Teabag officials across the nation passed more anti-abortion bills than bills combined in history? Well that's why we call them the TeaVangelicals now. Well, all the Teabaggers in office have deviated from their election promises--that ad about a wolf in sheep's clothing definitely applies to them.
The interesting part is the TeaVangelicals don't like the TeaMormonCult. What I find disturbing about Utah is Separation of Church and State is not in place there. It's the Tea Party meets extreme social conservatism in Utah. Hatch needs to be removed along with Cantor. "We the People" don't want their kind of country--no, no, no!
Remind me again how we get to the land of milk and honey, if no one mentions the words "defense cuts," and where one side is adamant in defunding the government (or at least defunding things like the EPA and the NLRB). If half of the government doesn't even recognize the regulatory structure we already have - then there is really nothing to discuss.
Moonbat definition of "defunding the government": Obama's bold 'cuts' of ...wait for it....$2 billion...
Akin to Donald Trump foregoing buying a pack of gum.
See Bob you just reinforced the fact you have no credibility. You still think Donald Trump is rich, your not smart enough to realize if he was rich he wouldn't have to host a reality show on NBC to get by. But do keep posting your thoughts there hilarious.
Mo:
WTF are you talking about......Trump is still rich. The man is worth 2 billion plus.
http://www.huliq.com/3257/91937/donald-trumps-net-worth-goes-worlds-richest-ranking-goes-down
The republican men are such "DRAMA QUEENS" !
Funny how the GOP can stand up to the pres of the USA but cant stand up to people in their own party (Cantor) that are trying to ruin the USA. This guy is the perfect example of why every nutcase and their brother have flocked to the GOP in recent times.......he represents them very well. This goofball can stand up for birthers, deathers, teagaggers and such but he cant stand up for the american people and "help" get a deal done...........Nice fricken job huh, no deal, no plan, no nothin except to poo poo those that try.......GOP needs to get rid of this idiot and i mean in a hurry !!!!
So, just to check the score card, When republicans say no, they are obstructionists and ruining everything. When democrats say no, it's the republicans fault and they should be ashamed. No budget was passed under a democratic majority (super majority for part of that time) and it's the republicans' fault even though they had no control over anything. No budget is passed under a republican house and it's all the republican's fault for actually wanting to cut spending instead of raising taxes yet democrats can't possibly raise taxes enough to counter their spending but that's got to be the republican's fault somehow...
Golly it must be great to be a democrat. You kids don't have to take the blame for ANYTHING!
I see you got sucked into the GOP/TP talking points this morning Suzy. Good luck with that.
And what did the Democrats say not to Suzy? Oh tax cuts for the rich, wake up an get informed you'll feel better for it.
SUZY
Just blame it on FUZZY republicant economics. We wouldn't be on this page if w.bush had continued with Clinton success page.
you need to understand that Governments is no household nor a business. Government thinks big and act boldly. What you think of yourself is what you are.
w
So much Tea Bagger talk. The Bagger People are so illiterate as far as economics is concerned.
It's not just on economic matters. They're completely ignorant as to how a government works. MSNBC has been inviting freshman teabagger reps on to discuss their positions on a variety of topics lately. The results of those interviews reveal that these people are nutjobs that don't understand what in the world that they're doing. They can't comprehend the significance of the US defaulting on its obligations, how the tax breaks are hurting the middle class and the poor, or how badly real small businesses are hurting. All that they have to offer are the same old ridiculous talking points that are not convincing anyone that the baggers are serious or even capable of tackling the country's problems.
no moe committies! no more negotiations! these t-pubs and their leader cantor are nothing but multi-millionaires, who don't and never will have to worry about the price of gasoline, or food, or anything, not even a job! they are not represenatives of the people and they should be thrown out for their traitorous ways!
call the vote!
call the vote!
call the vote!
well america, you asked for it , you got it !!!! Teagaggers at their best !!! Bottom line is dont sit on here and blame them for anything cause its your own damn fault . You swallowed the bagger B.S. and voted for them now you got em........Mabey next time your vote will mean a little more to ya when you stand at the polling booth !!!! Ya fricken think ???? Ya gotta be a total moron and totally out of touch with reality if you think these nutcases are good for the country in any way shape or form..........Wise up america or live with the consequences just like ya are now.......
An income tax is the governments way of TAKING money from the people. Plain and simple. It seems a lot of people in this country have forgotten that fact. There are services like law enforcement and national security (military, not financial) that we the people are better off purchasing from our government than trying to provide for ourselves (however, I do believe I have the right to own guns). There are some other areas where our government could be the best provider of choice, but with limited power. What we have now is a lot of hands sticking out for gifts from our government and to grant those gifts, the government has its hands DEEP into our pockets. Just like spoiled children, the more we give, the more they want. Sure, there are a few that are unhappy with having to ask for handouts and are desperately looking for a way to be self supporting, but the majority getting the handouts are desperately looking ways to get MORE...after all, it's coming from the rich people of this country that won't miss a few dollars. How much money does a person need, really? I get by on a whole lot less, so someone like Oprah shouldn't mind giving, oh, say $100 million out of the $350 million she "earned" last year, should she? That's less than one third of her income and she's too busy to spend that much money, anyway. Besides, she's earned several billion dollars as the queen of talk shows and she won't even notice that little bit gone. Now, let's see, who else fits in that category...I know a guy that started his own business and in five years he earned enough money to be able to pay cash for a $500,000 home, he won't mind a few thousand. He'll just make his employees work harder or sacrifice more to make sure he can pay the government and they'll be happy to just because jobs are hard to come by these days. They'll still have jobs and it won't affect them.
Come on people! We have a runaway government and we need to reign it in now. Regardless of what you call them, Democrats, Republicans, Tea Party, Independent, or what ever the flavor of the day is, we need to tell them to get the task of stopping this runaway spending and gorging taxes done now. Timing is everything and asking for more taxes in trade for cuts that don't start the same day the taxes start is not how to fix this mess. That's passing the buck to the next politician, who will blame his predicessor and ignore the cuts or levy more taxes. Fix this thing now!
Cantor needs to throw in the flag before Wall Street rips him apart.
Hearsay >noun information which cannot be adequately substantiated; rumor. With limited exceptins, not allowed to proove the truth of the matter asserted.
So exactly what did Canter do? There should be a video available. Let the American public see it. That would allow each citizen to make an informed (as contrasted with hearsay-based) decision. The video would be the best available evidence of the truth. Didn't Obama promise transparency?
Or do we need to get our truth the eyes and mouths of our political representatives? That is the very definition of hearsay!
What is the Democratic plan? Conrads as yet unseen budget? President Obama's budget (0-97)? Let the American people Democrats, Republicans, and Independents see a plan on paper by Reid, or President Obama or House Democrats?
We need two things first...Less Spending and More Taxpayers (JOBS)...Tax and Entitlement reform bitter pills for both sides can wait til after 2 Aug. I do not see anyone in DC eating their peas...Hard to believe the much hated Sen McConnell is becoming the voice of reason...
It seems to me that it is far more damaging to lose investments due to the dwbt crisis when the markets and the dollar de-valuate than it would be by any tax increase. de valuation of all tangible goods and bonds would have an extremely negative effect.
SSDD
Please tell me who is Eric Cantor? Once a driver for his successor and a pain in the A--. We know you and your inexperienced and hating tea partyers cheer you on everytime you disrespect the President. But for the general public you are a whining do nothing politician. Stop the press appearances ...PLEASE
Cantor and Norquist will go down in history as the men who ruined the world economy in the name of greed. You are killing the middle class, and won't you love it when Americans no longer have the money to buy what your are trying to sell. For some reason, they both like the idea of killing seniors and sinking the nation and world into a deep depression. Why not? They will be the only ones left with any money.
the Republican/TP ran in 2010 on jobs jobs jobs
And what have they done with the House since NOTHING, NO JOBS
What did we get , more tax cuts for the Rich, Koch Brothers, Social Issues, Light bulbs
Now the Republican/TP wants to trash the America Economy, Keep all Tax Cuts for Millionaires, Billionaires
They want to put all the DEBT on the Middle Class, OLD, POOR