[Kaslin]

If the rats had passed the budget last year when they were supposed to, the Republicans would have a better chance to cut the budget

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Our new GOP replacement for Ike Skelton voted for the CR.

[bkepley]

What is an “intransient Democrat”?

[Uncle Ike]

” House Republicans Blinked on Spending, So Now What? “

House Republicans Blinked on Spending, So What’s New?

[fixed it..]

[ClearCase_guy]

The debt ceiling is key.

If you allow the debt ceiling to rise, then you are declaring that you intend to spend more money next year than you spent this year. Your intention is to go further into debt. That’s why the debt ceiling is allowed to rise.

Or, the GOP in the House could indicate that it is serious about debt, that it really wants to limit spending, and it could freeze the debt ceiling.

I see the choice as a very stark one, and I see that the GOP is no different from the Democrats.

[org.whodat]

The republicans have not cut anything out of actual department funds.

[mo]

It actually appears as though the House has little control over spending at this point. Which means the only rational conclusion is that the bureaucrats and K st are running things in the Federal Gov’mt.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Ain't nuttin' gonna happen, not as long as we have wusses (WHO HAVE NEVER LEARNED THE ART OF FIGHTING DIRTY AS THE DEMO-RATS HAVE NOR HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR POWER WHEN IN THE MAJORITY) such as "Weepy Boner," who is so afraid of his shadow (and the MSM) that he refuses to change the rules (which is perfectly legal) in order to affect real savings as well as cut useless programs such as EPA, PBS, Dept of Ed, etc.

Behond, frustrating!!!

[Free Vulcan]

The Boner needs to go.

[shove_it]

The foxy little limey babe on CNBC just made a humorous Freudian slip by stating "Congress is back in season ..."

[aec]

I had the opportunity to attend a Townhall meeting with my congressmen this weekend. There was a lot of questions regarding the overall debt, debt ceiling, and strategy from the Republican leadership. According to him, if the debt ceiling is not raised, the government goes into a "cash-only" mode. This means that the government can only spend what they take in. Sounds good on the surface. However, by law, the Federal government is required to pay for interest, social security, medicare and medicaid first. No money for military, NASA, etc. In order to change the law regarding mandatory spending items (entitlements), the House & Senate & President have to agree.

So, the strategy, according to him, is to agree to incremental increases in the debt ceiling by $100 or $200 billion dollars at a time in order to keep this issue “front and center” until Nov 2012. He also stated that the Democrats would very much like to have a government shutdown in an attempt to repeat the 1994 outcome.