Boehner Plan Tabled 59-41

[...shay sinster...]

He had to add in a clause that would force the adoption of the Balanced Budget Amendment at the next request for debt ceiling increase so that he could get enough votes from the Republicans to even pass his own bill.

There wasn't bipartisan support for it.
There was bipartisan disapproval in both the House and Senate.

Maybe now we can start actually compromising for a deal rather than putting forth far right or far left legislation and pretending that either are bipartisan efforts that "the country wants".

[Elizabeth Gonzalez]

McConnell is now bitching about not requiring a supermajority to proceed

[FYOP- Ruler of none]

The Boehner bill will now be stripped of stupid shit like the balanced budget amendment, will have some stuff added to it, will pass the senate and the House Democrats (with help from some Republicans) will handle the business like adults and ensure the nation doesn't default.

[Jenr]

For the love of God, please don't describe Boehner's plan as 'far right.'

[Kelly ♥]

Dems should push for a FAIR TAXATION AMENDMENT, demanding a tax bracket with the old 70% top rate.


They are already compromising with spending cuts.

[Shandy]

Hope?

[Brenda B]

I agree. Dems shouldn't have put for the spending cuts until taxes went back to pre-Bush tax cut levels.

[Casey v]

What the fuck is wrong with these congressmen? You can't keep running deficits! You are a fucking durabass if you do not support a balanced budget amendment. There is no good argument for running deficits. You either have the money to do things or you don't.

[Lm Mt]

I know what you mean , far right doesn't mean the same thing to all people in this country though.

[Fav girl]

There are EXCELLENT reasons to run deficits. Such as RIGHT NOW, when the government should ideally introduce temporary tax credits [Making Work Pay, HIRE tax credit, etc] and is spending more on job-oriented programs [worker re-training, unemployment benefits, business loans, etc] because of the recession.

If the government reduces taxes with tax credits and pays out more in job programs, then it is pulling in less money and spending out more which almost certainly would put a government into deficit.

The problem is that some idiot pissed away the budget surplus that would have helped balance out the times of deficits. Hopefully, the next time the country's economy is growing decently, we won't have idiots in government who still decide that it's fine to add huge deficit-creating programs and never worry about returning to surplus.