Posted on 07/31/2011 11:17:42 AM PDT by tobyhill
Democrats' debt-ceiling bill failed to clear a key Senate hurdle Sunday afternoon, putting the onus on bipartisan negotiators to come up with an alternative plan with just two days to go until the Treasury runs out of ways to pay all of America's bills.
The vote on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's plan was expected to fail. Sixty votes were required to advance the proposal, and it fell far short in a 50-49 roll call.
The focus now turns almost exclusively to the latest round of talks being conducted among White House officials and Senate leaders. After disagreeing about the status of those negotiations the day before, Senate leaders indicated Sunday that they were making good progress on the new proposal.
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I hope it does fall apart because its a loser for the country
Every single one of the leadership are in this together, its all a stage production.
Thats funny. But this was even worse. Crosseyed open mouthed with the bottom teeth showing. If I was a politician, being aware of cameras, I would only ever have 1 non-descript expression on my face.
4:17pm | Conservatives also upset with deal.
Heritage Action for America says it will oppose the Obama-McConnell compromise.
4:13pm | Rand Paul “probably” won’t object to unanimous consent to speed up vote:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) tell POLITICO they will probably not object to a unanimous consent agreement to fast track a debt limit deal.
“I think we have to have a 60-vote margin, and I probably won’t object if there’s a time agreement,” Paul told POLITICO.
4:10pm | Confidence.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Fox News:
“When I talked to … Mitch McConnell a few hours ago, he was more confident of a deal than I’ve seen him be.”
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/live-coverage-debt-ceiling-sunday-negotiations-2011-7#ixzz1TiUkUExn
Ans what calamity this will cause the Asian Markets? Even Boehner can’t calm them now...
failures.
He may have lost more than that. Until I see the names, I’ll be convinced that those such as Snowe, Collins, Graham, McCain, Kirk, Scott Brown and the doofus from Oregon all voted with the Democrats, and their hearts.
Because he is driven by a hate-filled ideological agenda. He erroneously sees wrong where there wasn't wrong, and is on a mission to ‘right; it, even though he will hurt many, many people who had nothing to do with the ‘wrongs’ that he perceives. His is a reckless and harmful agenda that is not unlike that put forth by the racist who preached from the pulpit while Obama sat in church each Sunday.
The big question is why did so many believe it would be any different than this? Why did people ignore the cumulative evidence from Obama’s associations, and the statements he made by surrounding himself with people like Valerie Jarrett and Van Jones?
Remember, he does have to run in Massachusetts, the most leftward state in the country....
As I posted here last week, Brown proved he was not one of us when he publically advertised his daughters’ availability after winning the ‘09 election.
No conservative would do something like that.
The fix is in. There will be a deal by the end of the day.
You get it.
Yes, that one. Thanks.
Oh my cow—I hadn’t heard about Brown doing that with his daughters. That is very creepy. Ick!
His bio sounded very strange too. He was molested as a boy, but even now refuses to say who did it. That (1) throws suspicion on even the innocent counselors at the camp (where it happened), and (2) means the guy could still be abusing boys. Icky stuff all around.
I sure hope the guy is primaried out!
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