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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: ReardenSteel on March 05, 2009, 10:48:15 PM
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Senate Republicans force delay on spending bill (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/congress_spending;_ylt=AuxCYhBd9d.H7NY1HnHDXWas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJicjJic2xjBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMzA2L2NvbmdyZXNzX3NwZW5kaW5nBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3NlbmF0ZXJlcHVibA--)
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans, demanding the right to try to change a huge spending bill, forced Democrats on Thursday night to put off a final vote on the measure until next week. The surprise development will force Congress to pass a stopgap funding bill to avoid a partial shutdown of the government.
Republicans have blasted the $410 billion measure as too costly. But the reason for GOP unity in advance of a key procedural vote was that Democrats had not allowed them enough opportunities to offer amendments.
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., canceled the vote, saying he was one vote short of the 60 needed to close debate and free the bill for President Barack Obama's signature.
Democrats and their allies control 58 seats, though at least a handful of Democrats oppose the measure over its cost or changes in U.S. policy toward Cuba. That meant Democrats needed five or six Republican votes to advance the bill.
About freakin time.
Hat tip to Michelle Malkin (http://michellemalkin.com/2009/03/05/finally-a-show-of-cojones-senate-gop-forces-delay-on-omni-pork-bill/) who's site I got the above link from. She is also calling on the Tea Party folks, and the rest of us fwiw, to start melting the phones and getting the protest going. It would be nice if we could do it before the bill is signed this time.
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Hi,
Amen, the more the delays the better. You want the health care debate to come erupting out of nowhere before the bill is even considered.
5412
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The Dems continue to be their own worst enemy.
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The Dems continue to be their own worst enemy.
But, that's a good thing.
:-)
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Carrying forward until 9/2009 a continuing resolution so funding is the exact same as LAST year is the right way to go. P