Posted on 07/31/2011 2:40:05 PM PDT by Libloather
Liberal Dem lawmaker vows to reject GOP, White House debt deal
By Julian Pecquet - 07/31/11 04:04 PM ET
One of the most liberal members of Congress vowed Sunday to reject an emerging debt-ceiling compromise among lawmakers and the White House, calling it a “cure as bad as the disease.”
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in a statement that progressive lawmakers and working families “were thrown under the bus” by a deal that “trades peoples' livelihoods for the votes of a few unappeasable right-wing radicals.” The result, he said, is as bad for the Democratic Party as it is for the country.
“We have given much and received nothing in return,” Grijalva said. “The lesson today is that Republicans can hold their breath long enough to get what they want. While I believe the country will not reward them for this in the long run, the damage has already been done.”
The proposal would cut spending by $1 trillion immediately and seek about $2 trillion more in deficit reduction later this year. Grijalva excoriated the White House for abandoning too much ground to the GOP, notably by excluding revenue raisers from the first phase of deficit reduction.
“We have made our bottom line clear for months: a final deal must strike a balance between cuts and revenue, and must not put all the burden on the working people of this country,” he said. “This deal fails those tests and many more.”
President Obama should have demanded a clean debt-ceiling vote all along, Grijalva added.
“Had that vote failed,” he said, “the president should have exercised his Fourteenth Amendment responsibilities and ended this manufactured crisis.”
“The only thing left to do now,” he said, “is repair the damage as soon as possible.”
Pics please.
Who gives a damn about waht raul thinks or says. He’s a one trick democrat pony...........amnesty for all illegals.
Assuming your livelihood is being a parasite on other people.
I so hope that the AnointedIdiot listens to these libtard progressive socialists in using the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling without proper Congressional legislation to approve such.....so hope the AnointedIdiot is that frakin’ stupid.... =.=
Isn’t this guy LaRaza’s main pimp in Congress?
I wouldn’t consider him a “lib”. He is a Chavez commie.
People in AZ owe the rest of the country an apology for allowing this guy to get into congress.
Progressive is liberal speak for communist.
Isn’t Grivalia Keith Olbermann’s butt-buddy? He is one of the pols. that KO was suspended for contributions, isn’t he?
November 2006 .....8.5 Trillion Democrats win over Congress
January 2007 ........8.7 Trillion Democrats in charge of Congress
November 2007 .....9 Trillion
January 2008 .........9.2 Trillion
November 2008 ....10.5 Trillion Democrats & Obama in Control
January 2009 .........10.6 Trillion
January 2010 .........12.3 Trillion
November 2010 .....13.7 Trillion Republicans win over US House
January 2011 .........14 Trillion Republicans control US House
July 2011 ...............14.3 Trillion
People in Ass ain’t that educated. Ask them which bar is cool on Chandler Blvd. and they might get it right.
Isn’t he the charming fellow that was calling for a boycott of his own state because of the immigration bill?
It's true that there has been a "manufactured crisis" throughout this debate, but the crisis, created by scares that the Treasury would default on the government's debt if there were no congressional action on raising the debt ceiling, has been played up by the Democrats and their friends in the media. The reality is that US can meet its debt from incoming revenues, regardless of whether or not the ceiling is immediately raised.
Furthermore, it would seem as if the Left is only interested in claiming to follow the Constitution in selected instances where they don't even understand the meaning of the constitutional provision they are invoking. The Fourteenth Amendment, as it relates to the national debt, does not authorize a president to incur new debt not authorized by Congress. If Obama did so, as some congressional Democrats have urged him to, it would be grounds for impeachment, not a cause to lionize him.
Once more, the Left is appealing to legal and historical ignorance.
Yes, he’s the LARAZA PIMP! Raul can go “F” him self!
Cong Grijalva and Ohaha.
Cong Grijalva (D-Ariz) also believes Arizona's new law, which requires law enforcement officials to demand papers from anyone they suspect is in the country illegally, is racist and does little more than “propagate the idea separate but equal treatment under the law can be codified,” Grijalva said.
REFERENCE US Rep. Steve King to Laura Ingraham: " I’m wondering if we look at the map of Arizona Congressman Grijalva’s congressional district, if we haven’t already ceded that component of Arizona to Mexico, judging by the voice that comes out of Grijalva. Grijalva’s advocating for Mexico rather than the United States and against the rule of law, which is one of the central pillars of American exceptionalism.
Are you calling my congressman a parasite?
Well you are right, Karl Marx in a Poncho Villa body is not only a parasite, he is an election thief, and a petty thug.
The best part is he knows me, and hates me.
Grijalva at it agian
Sometimes I think this country has a death wish.Idiot voters keep putting turds like this guy in office and we’re doomed.
Raul Grijalva (D-Mexico) is a communist.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.