Posted on 08/01/2011 11:18:29 AM PDT by central_va
Lawmakers split into Democratic and Republicans camps to hear appeals from their party leaders to approve the deal which emerged from feverish negotiations as the clock ticked toward a Tuesday deadline to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. Party leaders are hoping for sizable majorities in order to give the deal credibility.
Just called Marsha Blackburn’s office, and they said she is still reading it and is undecided. Told her I hate it.... politely, but firmly.
Good luck.
10% real cuts? Don’t forget the baseline...
What are they chanting from the gallery? ANyone know?
My gut says they won’t vote today.
HAHAHA! Maxine Waters up!
screw the baseline...no more accounting tricks...take how much we spent last year and multiply it by .9 and there is your budget...takes about 15 seconds to do....really
You did account for killing the baseline then... good.
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We HAVE a mechanism to control the National Debt.
It’s call the Debt Ceiling.
USE IT!
Don’t increase it! LOWER IT!
All of the plans that have been considered so far are nothing but smoke and mirrors to mask the fact that the BEST of these plans still allows the debt to increase by about 1 Trillion per year!
All of these lying politicians need to be swinging from lamp posts...
16 (2) Strike subsections (b) and (e) and redesig-Seriously? This is what the Founders envisioned when specifying legislation should be fully comprehensible to the common man? I don't think so.
17 nate subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and
18 (c), respectively.
bump
I'm just impressed that someone is actually reading it before deciding on a vote.
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