Posted on 02/17/2013 5:43:29 AM PST by Libloather
Democrats hammered Republicans for voting to go into recess Friday and accused them of willfully avoiding coming up with a plan to avert the sequester.
“The Democrats tried to stop the Republicans from leaving, but 220 Republicans voted to adjourn, that means we have four legislative days left to avoid the across the board cuts,” Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters. “They manufacture a crisis and then instead of trying to avert that crisis they go on a nine day recess. Why?"
**SNIP**
“The Republicans are poised to shut down government, the Republicans are poised to let sequestration go forward, which translates to…unemployment. No jobs, it takes us into a recession,” Pelosi said. “That’s not an exact Latin translation but that’s what it means.”
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Obama can't just spend whatever he wants. He can't EO that money.
As it stands that money is coming out of the budget. Better than going the other way.
“Obama can’t just spend whatever he wants. He can’t EO that money.”
Really? What is going to happen when the debt ceiling is raised again. Bye bye money.
Maybe the same thing that happened last time...cuts equal to the raise.
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