hell of "an insult" to Deer Ticks....
Posted on 11/22/2011 8:43:54 AM PST by Qbert
(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker John Boehner is among the lawmakers expressing disappointment that the 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction could not agree on a way to accomplish its assigned task, which was to reduce the federal budget deficit by $1.2 trillion.
"While I am disappointed, the House will forge ahead with the commitments we have made to reducing government spending and removing barriers standing in the way of private-sector job creation," Boehner said in a statement issued on Monday after the supercommittee announced its failure. "I commend both of the panel's leaders, (Republican Rep.) Jeb Hensarling and (Democratic Sen.) Patty Murray, for the dignified and statesmanlike manner in which the committee carried out its difficult negotiations," Boehner added.
While the bipartisan supercommittee could not agree on a way to narrow the federal budget deficit, it did agree on two things: '[W]e end this process united in our belief that the nation's fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve," members said in a statement issued on Monday.
The supercommittee also expressed the hope that Congress can now build on the work that its members started -- but failed to finish.
Democrats quickly blamed the supercommittee's failure on Republicans, who refused to go along with a trillion-dollar tax hike.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, writing in USA Today, said Republicans "never found the courage to ignore Tea Party extremists and millionaire lobbyists" who opposed any and all tax hikes. Reid cast Democrats as champions of a "balanced approach," which means tax increases:
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The Dems must have some serious shit on Boner.
The whole purpose of the Republican Party is to waste the political energy of angry conservatives so that nothing impedes the Globalist Agenda.
It was a scam and an ego trip from the beginning, they were never going to agree on anything.
Just an ego trip for the most worthless group of do nothings.
It was a scam and an ego trip from the beginning, they were never going to agree on anything.
Just an ego trip for the most worthless group of do nothings.
It was a scam and an ego trip from the beginning, they were never going to agree on anything.
Just an ego trip for the most worthless group of do nothings.
It was a scam and an ego trip from the beginning, they were never going to agree on anything.
Just an ego trip for the most worthless group of do nothings.
hell of "an insult" to Deer Ticks....
That's not so!.....
He's had "help"; from our "Dear" Sen. (Minority Leader) Mitch "Get / Go Along"
McConnell (RINO-Establishment)...another P.O.S. (I'm here mainly for the
Freebies...Estab. Cocktail Parties...Wienie Roasts....IPO....Golf Outtings)
At least he didn’t say “statesperson”.
Bohner is a disgrace!
I don’t know why it repeated. Thanks.
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