Posted on 01/05/2013 10:48:23 AM PST by Olog-hai
I’m not worried about Georgia Republican Congressmen. I think they’ll do the right things, including stopping Obama’s Gun Grab. However, I am deeply sure that both of my two Georgia Senators will appease the media and vote for a ban of some sort. It is this and many other reasons why I am not going to vote for Saxby Chambliss in 2014, nor will I vote for Johnny Isakson when he comes up for re-election.
The only reason Boehner is still there is because the Repubs didn't follow through ans push for a challenger. Those that voted for Boehner again were voting against Pelosi who was the only other one who could have taken the seat. Bad as Boehner is, can you imagine Pelosi heading a majority repub House with Reid at the helm of the Senate? It would have pretty much negated the slight edge we have in the House.
Naa...Even if Pelosi had more votes, she still would not have been Speaker unless she got to 218 votes, which wasn’t going to happen. The result would have been a House without a Speaker, and more votes. Eventually Boener might have won, or might have withdrawn (as he almost did), with Cantor or someone else getting to 218.
That would have been GREAT as far as I’m concerned, by teaming up with Democrats to push Obama’s plan through, he has NO BUSINESS being Speaker anymore - but we’re stuck with him.
Thanks for the explanation - I was watching some of the voting and was under the impression that whoever got the most votes automatically won and all the Dims were voting for Pelosi.
Any time. I had read some articles on how the voting worked, and figured you hadn’t.
Enjoy.
Depends. If you’re talking about entitlements you’re talking about cuts in growth. If you’re talking about the Defense cuts, those would be actual jobs cut.
Would the actual Defense budget be smaller then it was the last year-no.
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