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The House of Representatives authorized a suspension of the nation’s debt limit through mid-May, delaying a default on the government’s obligations that would have taken effect in February.
The House of Representatives has passed the extension of the US debt limit to May 19 with a vote of 285 to 144. The measure moves on to the Senate for final passage. MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
The GOP-controlled House voted 285 to 144 to comfortably pass a three-month extension in the government’s borrowing authority just as Senate Democratic leaders suggested they would take up and pass the legislation as soon as they could.
The vote early Wednesday afternoon by the House would forestall a default on the national debt. The Treasury Department had warned that the government would exhaust its authority to borrow to finance its existing obligations by the middle of February.
The bill, which Republican leaders unveiled last week, would suspend the debt limit through May 18 and require both the House and the Senate to produce and pass a budget resolution in the meanwhile, with a deadline of April 15. If either chamber fails to pass a budget, its pay would be put into escrow – “No Budget, No Pay” goes the newly-minted Republican slogan to describe this strategy.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.
"It's time for Congress to get serious about this," Boehner said of the mounting national debt during a speech on the House floor ahead of the vote, "and this is the first step in an effort to bring real fiscal responsibility to Washington."
Republicans settled upon the strategy in the face of criticism from President Barack Obama that another round of brinksmanship over the debt limit would threaten catastrophe for the economy.
“To spare the middle class another knock-down, drag-out fight, we're going to proceed on this legislation and get it out of here as soon as we can,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said in a press conference on Wednesday.
The GOP’s new tack has the added benefit of forcing Senate Democrats to produce a formal budget, something the upper chamber has avoided for several years now. Democratic budget chief, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said Wednesday that Senate leaders had intended to produce a budget anyway, and would do so regardless of what the House bill requires.
Budgets are often political documents as much as a governing roadmap; Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan’s two budgets as Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee proposed a series of spending cuts and major changes to entitlement programs. But Democrats also managed to seize upon the most controversial elements of the Ryan budgets to use it to campaign against Republicans. If Senate Democrats author a budget, Republicans will doubtless seek to turn it against their opponents.
In the meanwhile, Republican leaders in the House have vowed to produce a budget document that would balance the U.S. budget within a decade. Ryan, the erstwhile GOP vice presidential nominee, said at a Wall Street Journal breakfast this morning that he expects this new strategy to yield “a big down payment on the debt crisis.”
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3 months?! Freaking pathetic GOPuke traitors, we need real solutions not can kicking.
About time the do nothing GOP House realized that they should not get paid.
Don't forget to include the "Do Nothing Senate" who has successfully avoided for years to present a budget! Oh wait, I forgot, Obama rewarded these Do Nothing Politicians pay raises!
Dee. The budget starts in the House.... Not the Senate. The president proposes one, but it's up to the House to start, and they only passed gas, with the Ryan junk that got him laughed off the campaign trail!
Herron - The House and the Senate have the responsibility to produce a Budget. Once both have approved their Budgets they reconcile them into one Budget. The House has written and approved their budgets for the past 3 years, the Senate HAS NOT.
So now it is believed in some circles that the House and Senate will be able to reconcile fundamental differences in ideology and produce an acceptable budget? Although we desperately need one, this is simply an effort by House Republicans to find something ~ anything ~ that they can use to garner public favorability. They are ranked less favorable than a root canal and only slightly more favorable that a dose of gonorrhea. Don't let the "escrowed salaries" get you excited. Both chambers will avoid that by generating their own budget. The fact that it can't get out of conference will not stop paychecks. Its just more window dressing and eye wash to create the illusion that congress is actually working.
Everyone needs to calm down. Obama was reelected so all our problems will be solved. Unemployment will disappear. No more need for food stamps or welfare. It should happen any day now. Just look at his track record the past 4 years, at this pace the economy will be great by the year 2115.
Wow. And to think there was full employment, peace, nobody on welfare or foodstamps before Jan 2009.
Gene, was this a sarcastic post? I hope it was because I have a hard believing that you think Obama was elected to solve all our problems and unemployment will disappear with no more food stamps or welfare. Looking at his track record the past four years scares me even more for the following four years! If we continue the course Obama has us on, by 2115 there will be no country left for anyone to run.
All this posturing by the GOPlast year and this year and now they pretend the debt ceiling does not exist? What a bunch of morons.
Something has to be done to get Democrats serious about addressing their reckless spending. You tell me, what else can the Republican House do to get these morons to address spending. They, along with Obama have no intention of addressing this and YOU KNOW IT!
Democrats reckless spending? The GOP is in charge of the House. The House passes spending bills, and, in conference with the Senate, passes legislation that the President signs. The House Dems have been in the minority for two years....and the spending has not stopped. Obama cannot spend one dollar or allocate one dime of revenue without congressional action.....put the blame where it really is. With the exception of four years of Dem control of the House, the GOP has run the show. Two unfunded wars, a decade of unfunded tax breaks, an unfunded drug mandate and an unfunded education mandate, a bloated military budget, and then add the normal things like hurricanes, tornados, flooding and the like.
We can blame the House Senate and our President that the spending has not stopped. Who is trying to seriously address our spending? The House or the Senate? C'mon now, be serious. Sure Obama can act without congressional action. All he has to do is execute his Executive Privilege! I would not be surprised at this point. I am surprised he has not used his Executive Power to do away with the debt ceiling and continue with the runaway spending.
I am tired of hearing the usual excuse of blaming Republicans because of unfunded wars, these are wars that were authorized by both the Dems and Republicans. This is Obama's economy now. He has had 4 years to get our spending under control and put people back to work. Yes, put blame where it is. For once, acknowlegde that Obama's policies just aren't working, God forbid, Geez.
Dee. ALL spending has to be approved by Congress (including the GOP House). Please learn how the government works!
The Senate cannot pass spending bills on their own, and the President..of either party, can only propose. We've had a $4T hit with the unfunded tax cuts, a $1T hit with with the wars, and spending by both parties. The GOP was in control except for 4 years between 94 and 2012. The blame is shared, but the bulk has been from prolific GOP spending and resistance to any revenue increase.
Dee. If you're going to be blaming the Dems for the wars, you also have to blame the GOP for the unfunded nature of the wars also, as well as the unfunded tax cuts, the drug mandate, no child left behind and all the other spending incurred by the GOP majority.
Yes, I know how Government works. It is hard to get any spending cuts approved when the Senate has no intention of addressing this issue. The House can introduce any bills with spending cuts, the Senate will continue to brush them under the rug. And yes, I know Obama needs approval but for God's sakes, why won't the man just take a leadership role to make it happen. He has the influence, but you and I both know this is not a priority in his agenda. I think you know what his agenda is, everything but spending cuts and the economy!
FYI: I do blame both parties for reckless spending and I do not see any solution in sight with this President because I know he has no intention of addressing this problem and leading to find some compromise in fixing this. He just does not want to and you know it.
The GOP has chit canned any legislation he has proposed to increase jobs or strengthen infrastructure. What should take a majority of the senate now takes a supermajority. Hell, the GOP even votes against bills THEY introduce if the Dems sign on.
Those were more spending bills. I won't blame GOP for rejecting them. The Senate got what they wanted, they got their non solution at the last minute of the deadline for the so called "Fiscal Cliff" deal with their supermajority and the GOP had no choice but to approve this catastrophic bill that purposely excludes spending cuts and taxes everybody, including the Middle Class. I wonder if the people forgot already what a failure this was.
I too wonder ~ ~ how long it will be before Republicans come to the realization that they are now going to drive the agenda during the Obama administration? You'd think the message would have been received in November and if the same obstinance continues over the next two years, Republicans will pay an even greater price. The greater masses are not panicked by debt, deficits, or spending ~ only the ideologues on the Right. Perhaps we all should be, but that simply is not the case nor is it likely to become such if the total economic picture continues to improve. Failing all else, it is not beyond the pale for Republicans to try to reverse that trend because fiscal issues are the only things they can give attention and the general public is not all that interested. Not now, at least.
"Kick the Can". The GOP's only game these days!
Ofcourse, kicking the can is something that the GOP is doing. The Senate is innocent, isn't it? Yeah, right!
Dee. Learn to read. This was passed by the HOUSE, not the SENATE!
I was talking in general terms. Don't be so condescending. I know you libs live for this...
Dee, I'm not condescending. You're just clueless!
Herron - It's you that is clueless. Harry Reid has said the Senate will vote and approve the bill approved by the House and send it to the President who has said he will sign it.
You do know that the appropriations bills(spending bills) are written by the House, and then must be approved by the Democratic controlled Senate and signed into law by a Democratic President, before one penny can be spent. There is plenty of room to blame both parties, but all the liberals can do is play the blame game by pointing at Republicans. Remember the Democrats control the Senate and the Presidency.
Herron - What name do you have for the President and Democrats? "No can"?
The fact that we are here today to debate raising Americas debt. Limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from the foreign countries to finance out government’s fiscal policies.
And the cost of our debt is one of the fastest growing expenses in the Federal budget. This rising debt is hidden domestic enemy, robbing our cities and States of critical investments in infrastructure like bridges, ports, and levees: robbing our familes and out children of critical investments in education and health care reform; robbing our seniors of the retirement and health security they have counted on.
Every dollar we pay in interest is a dollar that is not going to investment in Americas priorities. Instead, interest payments are a significant tax on all Americans. A debt tax that Washington doesn’t want to talk about. If Washington were serious about honest tax relief in this country, we would see an effort to reduce national debt by returning to responsible fiscal policies.
Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.
I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’a debt limit.
Sen. Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (Senate speech March 16, 2006)
We ought to be so proud to have a individual with such honesty and integrity in the White House. Says what he means, means what he says.
Obama made his opinion known and voted against the debt increase. He did not threaten to block the increase nor did he threaten to destroy the US economy. Nice try...for that you get a lollipop.
So, if it's a sign of leadership failure, explain why Bush raised it 15 times, and Reagan 18 times!
BIg difference! We did not have anything close to the irresponsible 16 trillion debt when Bush and Reagan raised it in the past.
Uh, Dee. Reagan TRIPLED the national debt, but GW only DOUBLED it!
Obama will more than double the debt.
On another note, I watched with great aw as Sec. Hilary Clinton kicked that little teabagger from Wisconsin's ass in the senate today. What a hoot!
The funny thing, is the Wis Cheese still doesn't know his butt was kicked to another planet - one he might call "home"!
What we need is a TEA PARTY and throw the Tea-Publicans into Boston Harbor!!!
As our nation emerges from a major recession, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class or enact policies that will stunt economic growth. At the same time, we must work to create jobs and reduce the deficit in a manner that does not jeopardize critical federal programs. I believe that we can accomplish all of this while preserving tax cuts for the vast majority of Americans, particularly the middle class.
History Reagan: This did not work!!! The first signs of impending trouble are the exploding budget deficits themselves. They began, of course, under the parlous economic stewardship of Ronald Reagan. Reagan cut the marginal tax rate on the wealthiest of Americans from 70% to 38%. He promised it would spur an orgy of investment and rocket the economy to new levels of production and prosperity. Instead, his supply side economics did the exact opposite. It produced the deepest recession since the Great Depression.
On July 25, the Senate passed the Middle Class Tax Cut Act, which extends tax cuts on the first $200,000 of an individual’s income and the first $250,000 for married couples, thus protecting middle class Americans from seeing any increase on their taxes next year. Under this plan, 99% percent of Ohioans, 98% of Americans, and 97% of small businesses will not see their taxes increase in 2013.
It is also important to note that under this proposal every American taxpayer will still benefit from the tax cuts on the first $200,000 of their income, or the first $250,000 for families. Only income earned above this threshold will be taxed at the same rate used when President Clinton presided over a booming economy and we balanced the budget. While families nationwide are struggling to make ends meet, it makes sense to realign our nation’s tax code to benefit the middle class and for the most fortunate Americans to pay their fair share of taxes.
However, in order to make this tax cut extension for middle class families a reality, the House of Representatives must also pass this legislation. If not, Americans of all income levels will face a tax hike next year with the average middle class Ohio household owing an additional $1,400. We cannot afford to let this happen, not during these difficult economic times, and especially not to protect tax breaks exclusively for America’s most affluent, which are doing just fine.
No peter, it was something the GOP demanded early on....
They didn't kick the can down the road when it came to raising taxes on every working American.
You must mean the GOP REFUSING to extend the payroll tax holiday!
A further extension of the payroll tax holiday was never on the table. It was not supported by Obama, other Dems or the Reps. Last summer both sides indicated that there was no support for extending it. Deal with it.
Herron, I agree with you, it was an expiration of the tax holiday, it's just we were never told it was going to happen. The back door dealings our government keeps coming up with are defended against publicly and never admitted until it's all over. So be it, both sides win, the Republicans and the Democrats that is, and I am sure they both feel large and magnanimous about their cheer leading victory's. But the hard fact is, we were not prepared for an average loss of $150.00 per month, just when we have been trying to get our heads above water! This sudden and un-mentioned loss of income will effect the economic growth and consumer spending! Remember, we were told there would be no increase in taxes on the middle class, and you know what, they didn't increase did they?
Henry. You were told. You just didn't hear it with all the tea cups shaking on 1/1/13!
Peter, it was on the table. The GOP just IGNORED it and what it could do to the avg american!
BTW, what do you pay in FICA after you earn about $112k/year?????
Herron - like I said, both parties determined that the payroll tax holiday needed to go, too little bang for the cost. It is an appropriate role for government to create a set of safety net programs for those impacted negatively by deep recessions. This program only gave money to people with jobs, and most of that money was saved or used to pay down debt, and not used for additional spending which is what is needed to grow the economy. Obama himself got more than a $2000 benefit each year the holiday was in place. So did Warren Buffett and other billionaires. It was a dumb idea in the first place.
The reason FICA has a salary cap is that SS benefits are calculated based on how much you contribute. If you raise the cap, those who pay more will also get larger benefit checks when they retire. SS actuaries long ago testified to Congress that raising the cap has only limited, short term benefit.
COWARDS ALL!!! Can you believe we actually pay these egotistical, self-serving morons to do this??
A 3 yr old can kick a can down the road
It's time we show them we expect, no, WE DEMAND more
Really still pointing figures at the other party -- I believe both walked away from the so called cliff they knew had been coming for over a year using the same line "its not as bad as it could have been" as if they did us a favor and stuck us all with a tax hike. Truth is both parties created this mess with the waste, fraud, and their spending.
We the tax payer did not spend it they did so stop following the party line and hold them accountable as a whole otherwise each is playing you as a fool.
The House GOP/TP had their butts handed to them on 1/1/13. The day the TP became a punchline to a bad joke!
Republicans have been trying to get the Bush tax cuts made "permanent" for 12 years, but have been blocked from doing so by Democrats. Obama has "seen the light" and has thrown liberals/progressives under the bus by signing into law legislation that makes permanent the Bush tax cuts for 99.3% of taxpayers. Even billionaires got a tax cut and will pay less in taxes than they would have under the Clinton tax rates. What a hoot! Even Bush2 has a big grin on his face, and those in the Tea Party are celebrating.
1/2/2013 Daily Ticker: "The Republicans may not have gotten everything they wanted out of the Fiscal Cliff deal, but they got almost everything. And when it comes to the broader fiscal battle, the Republicans are winning: The federal government's tax revenues are at the lowest level as a percent of GDP in the past several decades (actually since 1950). The Republicans, in other words, are well on their way to starving the beast."
You cannot run big government programs and benefits without more revenue than we are currently collecting. So Obama just signed legislation cutting government revenue by $4 trillion over the next ten years. I love it.
GOP/TP needs to fold after losing to the worse president in our life time.
There is a game called "Kick the Can" that I played as a kid. It needed a can, and the goal was to kick it when you thought no one would catch you.
Seems the Teabaggers love that game!
I am so tired of this. If we as citizens could not afford all of the expenses we had. we either get a 2nd job. cut expenses and or both. SO WHY IN THE HELL cant stupid get it? why should I now have to pay for his stalin programs that he thinks cause I work I pay for those who will not try. Here in elkhart Indiana they thumb their noses at 11.00 a hour jobs. Imagine that, afraid to get up and do something? or is it easier to get everything for free?
Not sure what your check looked liked? but I can say for a fact that my taxes went up on me and my wife. and we are under 80k. so the statement only for those 450k does not stand. 2nd thing is why is my insurance cost now have to be included on my w-2's I will promise you that that will be the next thing that the democrats want to tax. 3rd I think all union events costs and fees should be taxed.
If you listen to Chuck Todd and some of those other Stalinist on Msnbc it is our duty. Listen to them talk about guns. It is the person's who owns the gun who created the issue. I always thought the person who pulled the trigger had the problem. To say if no guns there will be no problems. I forgot what the crime rate is in Chicago who has one of the toughest gun laws. I guess those who obey the laws will be at the mercy of those who dont. besides how many people die from drunk drivers? how many were stabbed? how many where beaten with a bat or hammer or other blut object? someone please save America from these nutty stalinist!
Irresponsible, ludicrous, criminal.
What a complete joke this country has become... you got an Idiot for president... a meglomaniac as SOS. A nutcase as VP.. there is just no hope left... it's OVER!
Get an AR15. Ammo; food; friends; A Plan; We will win.
Them nasty ole Tea turds strike again. Extending the debt limit ceiling for a few more months to hammer out details of the sequester and some real CUTS in the bloated Governments spending problems. Some meaningful reforms to reduce our debt and hold Government responsible for the wasteful spending programs that only benefit certain politicians and backdoor deals that sip the slop of pork.
With a few months to go before another 6 month extension of the debt ceiling will be authorized, the stinky Tea Turds can work on giving the green light of certainty to business activity, investment spending, expansions of business ventures, and keep promoting pro-growth agendas that them slick willie progressives will have to keep up with or be ate alive by back peddling media outlets. Stinky is as Stinky does! LMAO!
Despite all the pointed rhetoric (and fingers), the sequesters will result in the only meaningful spending reduction we will see over the next fiscal year. In essence, they are probably a blessing and should be allowed to take full effect starting March 1st. Democrats are not going to buy off on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid reductions ~ Republicans are not going to buy off on defense spending cuts and major tax reforms that close corporate loopholes. So ~ ~ ~ continued checkmate. Let the sequesters take hold. We will be provided all of the well-oiled conservative jargon about national security, but I don't think anyone other than impressionable Republicans will be buying it.
Republicans sway from side-to-side, obstructing and blundering their way to nowhere. These people live off the government and refuse to work. Congress is the most reprehensible welfare subculture in America. Uncle Sam is in bondage to radical, unamerican incompetents.
I'm proud of you Hilary, you were very professional in running the republicans to the ground and showing how truly ignorant they are.
Now, if we could get the full-fledged Constitutional Support and Defense (that requires NO PAYCHECKS WITHOUT SUPPORT AND DEFENSE OF THE CONSTITUTION), which would require the implementation of the Unification Science Upgrades THAT GUARANTEE TO ELIMINATE THE DEFICIT IN 12 MONTHS (ALL ELSE BEING A PRINCIPALSHIP TO THE SAME THEFT/MODUS-OPERENDI-OF-WWII THAT'S STOLEN A TRILLION+ A YEAR WITH FOREIGN-AGENCIES/BANKS); WE'D HAVE A BUDGET THAT DIDN'T STEAL TAXES TO PAY FOR ALREADY PAID FOR BENEFITS ("DOUBLE JEOPARDY") OR STEAL ALREADY-CONTINGENTLY-AWARDED-AND-PAID-FOR-BENEFITS WITHOUT THE LEGALLY-NEEDED-UNANIMOUS-CONVICTION FOR WRONGDOING THAT'S REQUIRED ("BILL OF ATTAINDER PROHIBITIONS")...AND STOP THE 3X+ CRIME AND DEBT EXPANSION THAT ANYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE, SINCE THE 1980s WHEN THESE UNIFICATION SCIENCE UPGRADES ELIMINATED 1904-RELATIVITY-BASED-SOCIAL SECURITY'S-DEFICIT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY...AND HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY-DEFAULTED-UPON IN BEING IMPLEMENTED, SINCE THEN (LA.21stJDC#89-00443; USDC,EDL,NOLA,#90-2482,ETC. WHEREIN THE DEFAULT WAS MADE, AFTER THE ILLEGAL THEFT OF FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL LOAN BENEFITS WAS PROVEN, AS WELL AS WAS PROVEN THE THEFT OF THE FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEE THAT STILL HASN'T BEEN COLLECTED/ENFORCED)!!!
ANOTHER DEFAULT-CONVICTON THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:
ORDER OF DEFAULT
Being that official-presentments were made to the "White House We The
People Site" {At ; ;and
}---A CRIME TO ELIMINATE/ERASE/REMOVE (18USC1964,
etc.), UNTIL GRAND JURY VERDICTS ARE RENDERED (as well as the
duplicitously-allowed grand jury presentments of these matters having
been oathed/affirmed to have been made), without the $10,000,000+
compensation for otherwise-illegal usage of our copyrighted MAOI and
SMAD materials in the recently-reported $2-3 Billion Pharmaceutical
Settlement Suit for fraudulenly-labeled-substances (in violation of the
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, calling "Long Term Speeds", MAOIs, to be
"Major Tranquilizers", instead, resulting in massive numbers of
suicides)---A PRACTICE WHICH CONTINUES, PREVENTABLE-SUICIDES INCLUDED,
DUE TO THESE COUNTERFEIT-USAGES OF OUR COPYRIGHTED
MATERIALS.....PAYMENT HAVING BEEN DENIED FOR 10 DAYS, GOVERNMENTALLY
(UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION'S CONTINUATION OF THE STILL-DUE-1776
DECLARATION'S PROHIBITIONS OF "HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF WRONGDOING AND
UTTERLY FAILING TO ATTEND TO IT"), AND 15 DAYS, OTHERWISE/PRIVATELY (UNDER THE 1948 STANDARD INSURANCE PROVISIONS, TITLE 22 IN MOST STATES, TO PREVENT THIS INTERNATIONAL-ATTACK-STRATEGY, AGAIN-SEEN BEFORE WWII). Having failed to make these proven-due and admitted/defaulted
payments, THIS DEFAULT ORDER is, hereby, made and issued. Any Continued Non-Payments Constituting Thefts, For Which Arrests Are Required!!!
Done:____________________
Hon:____________________________________________________
Judge or Clerk
Note: It Is The Crime of Malfeasance and Principalship To These Thefts
For Any Clerk or Judge To Fail/Refuse To Sign This Order of Default
(Likewise, PROVING THEY'VE FRAUDULENTLY TAKEN OFFICE AND STOLEN VIA
SUCH FRAUD, ANY PAYCHECKS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, as well); AS IT IS
FOR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FAIL/REFUSE TO ENFORCE THIS
DEFAULT-ORDER/CONVICTION-WARRANT (UPON HAVING KNOWLEDGE HEREOF) !!!
{The Reason Internatonal Crime ["Communism" under the 1950
International Crime Act] became an educational/training organization
in the 1800s, "The League of the Just" turned "League of Communists",
producing the U.S. Civil War, WWI, WWII, and now creating WW3}!!!
ALSO NOTED: These DEFAULT ORDERS do constitute "JOHN/JANE DOE
WARRANTS" for those found to be engaged in these acts of theft (and
worse), as investigations may reveal their identites...usually
bifuracted into "failure to appear" or "contempt" warrants (where no
answer/legal-denial has occurred, which would limit the matter to civil
jurisdiction until a further 10-15 day default occurs, after said
civil verdict is made), full-criminal-authority is asserted from the onset (first default), in
this matter.
____________________
____________________
This Defaulted/Convicted Theft is also a part of the trillion+ per
year theft that's occurring due to the negligent-failure to implement
the Unification Science Upgrades that GUARANTEE to Eliminate the
Deficit in 12 Months (materials that eliminated
Relativity-Based-Social-Security for the first time in history in the
1980s, without Constitution Opposing "Tax Hikes" (in violation of
Constitutional Prohibitions of "Double Jeopardy" for already Billed
and Paid Premiums and Benefits) or "Benefit Cuts" (in violation of
Constitutional Prohibitions of "Bills of Attainder" for Premiums and
Benefits Already Billed, Paid-For, and Awarded; upon a mere Majority
Rule)...like the illegal, counterfeit Military Upgrades (from 10
General Orders to 14 General Orders, without the only real upgrades'
FIRST GENERAL ORDER: OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN PROPER GRAND JURY FUNCTION),
these obstructions of the needed Training and Educational Upgrades for
our citizens and officeholders are resulting in these massive
quantities of error, in violation of 18USC2381, etc. making "pretended
authority legislations", all resultant from the failure to implement
these programs (which have also already been defaulted upon in
2008)!!!
WOW - 3 months. I guess they didn't want to go without a paycheck.
This is what was voted for. The American people voted for a President that is unserious about fiscal and economic matters. They voted for class warfare and divisiveness. They voted for the continued erosion of the middle class and continuing falling wages.
They voted, and a lot of "low information" votes were cast. That's what the campaign was all about. Obama made to policy arguments, he did not set an agenda, he made no promise to solve our fiscal issues. He just bad mouthed the other guy.
Americans voted for a child, that's what we got.
Very Clever! Obama's short-lived victory on the tax increases and debt ceiling will soon be forgotten when the spending cuts are rammed down his throat. Very foolishly, this rookie in the White HOuse just handed 4 aces to his "inept" opponents.
"The House bill, which needs a Senate vote and the president's signature, requires the Senate to pass a budget by mid-April and threatens to withhold lawmakers' pay if it fails to do so.
Watch Harry Reid sweat now.
I don't know what planet you are living on, but, you it must be the same planet that thought that Mitt Romney would "win by a landslide". It is truly pathetic to watch you people say the most ridiculous of things just to make yourselves feel better.
Right....because your message is one that brings us together?! Lord knows that the best way to bring the country together is to tell them they are "low information" people (that's sarcasm slappy).
You have one problem steve.....the majority of Americans do NOT agree with the GOP. Plain and simple....if the GOP (who sits at 25% approval rating) wants to go head-to-head with a message war with a President (who sits at mid 50% approval rating) PLUS has a message most Americans agree with.....good luck! Or as Obama said in the debate.....proceed GOP.......
I have to admit, compared to some of the inept things the GOP leadership has done in the recent past, this move has some merit. It is going to force the Sentate to actually put their names on a budget, and force the President to sign it. Plus, they have plans to produce a budget that will be balanced in 10 years, a far cry from anything the President or the Democrats have proposed.
Well done Mr. Boehner and Cantor!