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Breaking!! Senate GOP ponders ceding power to President Obama
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 26194713:MV8yMTUzMTI4XzM2NDA0MjE3XzEwMjNFMkZB] [quote:Anonymous Coward 26194713:MV8yMTUzMTI4XzM2NDA0MDA2XzdEQkIzNzQz] [quote:CleverMoniker 33226516:MV8yMTUzMTI4XzM2NDAwNDg4X0RBQjFBRkM3] I don't think you guys are quite getting what this situation is about... Huge cuts are going to have to occur. Republicans want Obama to make cuts, but they have so far Boehner refused to actually outline *what* they actually want cut. This is because to do so is political suicide. If the Republicans actually outlined what they wanted cut, they would later have to take the blame from constituents for making those cuts, and risk damaging their own future politics. Obviously they want to cede this 'power' because what they are ceding is the power to get everyone pissed off at you for cutting their funding, getting them laid off, etc. This way Obama makes the cuts that need to be made, and Republicans can then, farther down the road, take shots at him (and more importantly the Democrats in general) for making those cuts. Moral of the story - Republican Senators primary concern is getting re-elected, and are unwilling to do their job - ie making tough decisions and being accountable for them. [/quote] this^ All these idiots are too worried about their own political future so they don't want to be the bearers of the bad news, so to speak. Whatever they decide to cut, they will lose some part of their constituency. :bump: [/quote] I meant to say ALL of Congress are too worried about their own political futures, not just picking on Reps or Dems. And of course the O doesn't want to be held accountable. O wants to look like a hero, so he is playing it like he is trying to be reasonable (ha, can see right through his act). I am sick of antics of the whole bunch of them...Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches! [/quote]
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here's your doom
Let's give him all the power.. smart idea
Days before the March 1 deadline, Senate Republicans are circulating a draft bill that would cancel $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts and instead turn over authority to President Barack Obama to achieve the same level of savings under a plan to be filed by March 8.
The five- page document, which has the tacit support of Senate GOP leaders, represents a remarkable shift for the party. Having railed against Senate Democrats for not passing a budget, Republicans are now proposing that Congress surrender an important piece of its Constitutional “power of the purse” for the last seven months of this fiscal year.
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