Senate Dems unveil $1.1T spending bill

[true_blood]

These goons just don't get it. It sickens me.
Over a trillion dollars and what does it do? What a waste of money.

[Janice]

Tax deal hits speed bump in House

House Democratic leaders hit a speed bump en route to passing President Barack Obama's tax deal Thursday amid rekindled liberal fury over giving breaks to the wealthiest Americans. >>>

It forced Democrats to pull the rule vote and move to restructure debate, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), a member of the Rules committee, said he expected the bill to proceed Thursday. >>>

Republicans are planning to vote against the rule, forcing Democrats to carry it alone.

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[Janice]

GOP will paralyze Senate floor with reading of 1,924-page spending bill

Republicans will paralyze the Senate floor for 50 hours by forcing clerks to read every single paragraph of the 1,924-page, $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill.

Senate clerks are expected to read the massive bill in rotating shifts around the clock — taking breaks to drink water and pop throat lozenges  â€” to keep legislative business on track, according to a Democratic leadership aide.

The bill is so long that it took the Government Printing Office two days to print it. >>>

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), the Senate Republican Steering Committee chairman, vowed not to back down.


I hope the first story saying DeMint was not going to do this was wrong. With RINOs like Richard Shelby supporting the latest porkulous bill, someone's got to pick up the slack. Cheers to Jim DeMint.

[Janice]

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) offers 1-page resolution in place of Omnibus bill that would "simply continue the government through February 18th."

"I would hope that it would make sense on a bipartisan basis, this one-page continuing resolution on Feb 18th as an alternative to this 2,000-page monstrosity that spends a half a billion dollars a page," McConnell said on the Senate floor.

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The Dems are stocking up on pork before the we take their keys away. The GOP needs to stop them in the Senate. Woe be unto those with an (R) that vote for this pork fest.

[GOP Congress]

This just in.... Harry pulled the bill and will work on a shorter one!!

Just got off the phone with my contact in the Senate... They are going to pull the bill and work on a smaller bill to continue the government until February.

Details to follow...

[true_blood]

^^Good. Cut the pork out.

[ColonialMarine0431]

Like most Dems Harry pulled out early.

[docstew]

Like most Dems Harry should pulled out early.

FIFY

[Janice]

Oops, I didnt even see this thread. I posted the same thing in the Economics forum.

I guess the mods could delete that one as its duplicitous. Sorry 'bout that.

The Appropriators Buckle

Tonight may indeed may be a “seminal moment,” as McCain said. This was to be the appropriators’ last hurrah. In the end, they couldn’t see it through, and it’s not going to get any better for them next year.

Why did it go down? You had Jim DeMint rallying outside opposition, and pushing Reid’s back against the wall procedurally with the threat to have the whole monstrosity read on the floor; that was time Reid presumably couldn’t afford to waste given everything else he wants to jam through. >>>

This is great news. But its obvious now, we are literally going to have to fight for every square inch of ground against the old guard until they are gone (Jan 11).

[Janice]

Mods, you can delete this thread if you want.

Cavegal already has one like this here. I didnt see it until just a few moments ago. Sorry 'bout that. 


 Thanks.

[Godot showed up]

I have to wonder, though, if they threw this crap in inside of one week as a bargaining chip to push DADT repeal and the NIGHTMARE Act. Reid may have always known that he didn't have the votes for this shit (the omnibus). It looks like the sosn of bitches ARE going to get DADT repeal. For the love of Pete, gays shouldn't be in the military at all, period; DADT itself was a gift to them. I really, really, REALLY hate social experimentation with anything as vital as our military branches.