Posted on 09/26/2011 4:26:31 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Senate To Vote On Bill To Stop Government Shutdown
Published September 26, 2011 | MarketWatch Pulse
WASHINGTON -- With the threat of a shutdown looming on Friday night, Senate Democrats are planning votes Monday to keep government operations running for at least one extra week. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says his chamber will vote on a six-week stopgap budget bill,........
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A week? Then this starts all over again?
For a minute there I thought my taxes would be going down when I read the title as:
Senate To Vote On Bill To Stop Government Shakedown
This is BS - when is this going to end? Every week there is another shutdown threat. I say shut ‘er down. Republican and Democrat alike need to be thrown out of office.
Section. 7.
All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives;
But, of course, rEED does not rEAD the constitution...
Considering all the stink Obama ad the Dems made a short while ago, I’m surprised this isn’t getting more news coverage. It feels like both sides are playing chicken for political gain. It gets tiring.
They got the huge, bloated budget they wanted a couple years back. All they have to do is CR to the end of time and they win. That’s why the Senate won’t pass a budget. They profit from the lack of budget.
From @NancyPelosi on Twitter:
Tonight, Senate joined House Dems in protecting#jobs while meeting disaster assistance needs-House must act on CR this week
Also, from FoxNews:
How to find out if my Senator voted for this?? (I know I can count DeMint! But Graham....
Tax and spend is the way of the current feed-at-the-trough bloated piggies who are currently running government.
(Now that's a slightly more accurate description)
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Its unfortunate that the house republicans don’t have the cohort to just let it shut down, let the American people find out how little they actually need the Federal Government.
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