Posted on 11/20/2009 8:52:10 AM PST by markomalley
Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.
Episodes in both houses of Congress exposed the raw nerves of lawmakers flooded with stories of unemployment and economic hardship back home. They also underscored the stiff headwinds that the administration faces as it pushes to enact sweeping changes to the financial regulatory system while also trying to create jobs for ordinary Americans.
President Obama's allies in the Congressional Black Caucus, exasperated by the administration's handling of the economy, unexpectedly blocked one his top priorities, using a legislative maneuver to postpone the approval of financial reform legislation by a key House committee.
Two buildings away, at a session of the Joint Economic Committee, Republicans escalated their attacks on Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, including a call for his resignation.
"Conservatives agree that as point person, you failed. Liberals are growing in that consensus as well," said Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.). "For the sake of our jobs, will you step down from your post?"
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Tex.) took a different tack. "I don't think that you should be fired," he told Geithner. "I thought you should have never been hired."
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Perhaps most troubling for the administration was that one of the few measures to succeed Thursday was an amendment by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) that would subject the Federal Reserve to unprecedented scrutiny. The amendment, which won bipartisan support in the House Financial Services Committee despite the reservations of administration officials, would allow the Government Accountability Office to audit all of the Fed's operations, including its decisions on interest rates and its transactions with foreign central banks.
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I agree.
Great post. Thanks
Send Faxes to your senators no on Health Care unless you read and understand it
A lot of them are facing replacement and I do not doubt that some of them have gotten very nasty looks from their constituents.
Thank you Mr. Omalley... I'll take what ever I can get of good news!!!
It’s about time somebody in Washington got mad. The place is a sewer filled with slime that needs draining.
Let’s begin the draining in November 2010.
Gets is from both sides and reported in the Washington Post on top of that! My how ZERO has fallen!
Made my day on top of the junk science of global warming coming out — Senator Inhofe has been right all along on calling it junk science! Think we can sound the death knell for Cap and Trade!
The American people need to LASH OUT at Congress.
http://www.therightscoop.com/glenn-beck-goes-after-john-murtha/
FIVE MINUTES & TWENTY ONE SECOND VIDEO from Glenn Beck about Congressional CORRUPTION which should open EVERY American’s eyes (and reveals what a TRUE POS John Murtha really is...)
WARNING: EXTREMELY DISTURBING VIDEO.
They better get used to it because its going to get exponentially worse.
I just sent this fax to Blanche Lincoln (D-ARK)
Vote NO!!!
on the health care bill tomorrow!!!
You will either vote for Arkansans, who don’t want this health care MESS and HIGHER TAXES!
Or, you will vote for Obama, the worst President yet, who couldn’t run a lemonade stand much less this country!
We want LOWER TAXES in order to create JOBS, not more government interference in our lives!
Wow they must be nervous. For now there is still an air of solidarity among Dems but I suspect if poll numbers get worse they will come apart.
Before the election I think some of us predicted this would happen. I kind of figured with all those big egos among Pelosi, Reid and others in Congress that sooner or later they would come to resent Zer0 and his undeserved success. Not to mention that his being totally inexperienced and an empty suit would cause him to fail, and they don’t want to go down with him.
The state of the union, as portrayed by the Painting: Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David.
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Tex.) took a different tack. “I don’t think that you should be fired,” he told Geithner. “I thought you should have never been hired.”
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Are they finding their b*lls?
A fitting song for the lot of them, Woody Guthrie’s Song: All you Fascists bound to lose.
Leftist PR tactics. Pretend to be angry with their political ally to project the fraudulent notion "he is a centrist, see both sides are mad at him".
Just another play Dear Reader's political machine has stolen from the Clintonites
This WAS unexpected. When you've lost the Congressional Black Caucus . . .
And, in other news, the Congressional White Caucus still does not exist...
Congress is anxious to divert blame from themselves. Most of what they are blaming these officials for is simply implementing what congress passed.
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