House Republicans pass test vote to defund Obamacare; shutdown edges closer

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[mandaladon]

House Republicans survived a key test vote Thursday on their plan to keep the government running while trying to halt the health care law, defying a veto threat from President Obama and inching closer to a shutdown showdown with Senate Democrats. Top Republicans say their party’s strategy is unlikely to succeed and not worth shutting down the government, but some rank-and-file lawmakers said they have to draw a line now and use the leverage of the spending bill to end the president’s signature achievement.

[jimbo123]

[Gaffer]

We all know that already. It is a matter of a test of resolve and commitment by Republican functionaries in the House and Senate as to whether they are willing to listen to the prevailing attitude of the constituents out here in the rest of the country instead of some ass-locked media ghoul corrupting RINOs on their weekly Sunday shows.

[JerseyDvl]

Has Obama EVER passed a regular, old, annual budget or is that just silly to ask?

[butterdezillion]

If I understand correctly, this is a continuing resolution to fund the government. Funding has to originate in the House; it’s either this or nothing. Without a bill to fund the government there is no funding for the government. IOW, if Obama doesn’t sign it the government shuts down. Everything. No pay checks for the Usurper-in-Chief.

Somebody tell me if I’m misunderstanding.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Remember his reaction to the Navy Yard Shooting? It was a tragedy and all that,

That speech that he gave after the shooting was nothing short of despicable!!!

[SumProVita]

WOW! The phone lines of both my senators are busy...busy...busy...

;-)

[taildragger]

When we take the senate next year

The RNC, McConnell and "our" media has been borderline silent on the New Jersey Race, that needs to be a must-win, but with the likes of Mitch, I don't see them going full throttle to make it one more in their column...

[Responsibility2nd]

That speech that he gave after the shooting was nothing short of despicable!!!

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It certainly was. Obama is a bitter whiny bitch.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Begin the phone calls to Harry Reid’s office!

[Heart of Georgia]

They’ve bought into the LSM talking points? Or have they always been obots?

[EQAndyBuzz]

Next thing the Republicans should start doing is attacking the media for their support of this monstrosity instead of fairly reporting on it.

Lay the blame at the MSM’s feet.

[teletech]

Has Obama EVER passed a regular, old, annual budget or is that just silly to ask?

Just silly to ask.

[ZX12R]

I would like to see a national poll about this question:

Does a government shutdown terrify you as much as the politicians and media think it should?

[RedMDer]

That’s great!

[butterdezillion]

They keep using continuing resolutions so that they can keep using the emotional impulse-spending mentality rather than doing what the Constitution requires: a planned, debated, reasoned, grown-up BUDGET.

Neither Congress nor the “President” have fulfilled their Constitutional duties in even the most basic, mundane tasks.

[Jane Long]

Let's Name and Shame...

Spineless RINO's List:

Corker
McConnell

[GeronL]

Now we will be able to see what kind of “Leaders” the GOPe has

[dps.inspect]

You fight to win, but if you lose, the fact that you fought is a moral victory, so don't give up the fight... Look in the book Revelation 21:8... it characterizes the kind of people who will be cast into hell; the first mentioned is "the cowardly". It is the brave who fight a war with little chance of winning, but it is the coward who surrenders and accepts the status quo so as to go on enjoying the comforts of the ruling class. To hell with the cowardly!

[GeronL]

The President doesn’t “pass” budgets, the House and Senate do that. The House has passed several budgets in the last several years but the Senate, led by Harry, has not even tried.

[dadfly]

good.