Posted on 09/26/2013 11:59:27 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Reid: Im not talking to Boehner By Alexander Bolton - 09/26/13 01:47 PM ET
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday he hasnt had a single conversation with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) about avoiding a government shutdown and doesnt plan to.
Send us a clean [continuing resolution], a clean debt ceiling [bill]. Thats the path forward. Theres no need for conversations. Weve spoken loudly and clearly, and we have the support of the president of the United States, Reid told reporters.
Reid and other members of the Democratic leadership said only House approval of a clean extension of government funding would avert a shutdown.
As time ticks down to the midnight deadline on Oct. 1, Reid has staunchly refused to negotiate with House Republicans over proposals to defund or partially repeal ObamaCare.
Reid has resisted even talking with Republican leaders, which he says could further encourage them to threaten a government shutdown or debt default.
Some Republicans view the debt limit as better leverage to extract concessions from Democrats on ObamaCare and other government spending. They argue the administration should prioritize debt payments to avoid default.
Reid said Democrats would not negotiate over the stopgap bill funding government even if Republicans agreed to turn off the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration.
No, as much as we dislike the senseless sequestration, said Reid.
Reid also ruled out a GOP proposal to attach a repeal of the medical device tax to the stopgap, even though many Democrats support eliminating it.
We want a clean CR. Thats what were going to get. If they want to shut down the government, heres how much time they have to figure it out: four days, 11 hours, 22 minutes and 15 seconds, Reid said, pointing to a large television monitor in the Senate television studio counting down the time until government funding expires.
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), a supporter of repealing the medical device tax, said the stopgap measure is not the proper vehicle for it.
My position is it should be replaced and the revenue it raises replaced as well, Durbin said.
Durbin said adding a strict repeal to the continuing resolution would create a revenue gap on the order of $10 billion to $30 billion.
The Washington Post reported earlier this week that Reid urged President Obama to abandon discussions about setting up a bipartisan meeting of congressional leaders this week. Reids spokesman declined to comment on the report.
What does Harry know about “clean”?
People that think similarly may not have to talk to each other as much to coordinate action, as people that think 180 degrees apart.
They don’t compromise.
They don’t negotiate.
They don’t even talk with our side.
And WE’RE the problem???
Reid says “ We have the support of the President of the United States.”
I wouldn’t call it support, I would call it orders from the President of the United States.
Obama runs Reid , Owns him.
I don’t care what you WANT, dingy, you got the bill they gave you...
Now deal with it or YOU shut down the government
This is why they want to get cloture in the Senate, so they can have the bill die in the House, making the blame game easier.
Send us a clean [continuing resolution], a clean debt ceiling [bill]. Thats the path forward. Theres no need for conversations. Weve spoken loudly and clearly, and we have the support of the president of the United States, Reid told reporters.
Did they attribute to the right Senator? I was thinking gee, that is what McCain said...
“Oh! Yes, sir; all-righty.”
Keep our mouths shut and do what we’re told, just like any other tyranny, eh Sen.Reid?
Um, no. That is not how its done in our government, Senator.
They get away with this because of the lying, corrupt media.
Why waste time talking? Harry knows Boehner will surrender.
How about a budget Harry!
What a smarmy little tyrant. It won’t pain me in the least when this old geezer finally gets planted.
F them.
This is not how our government functions under the U.S. Constitution. If they don’t like it, they can go to another country.
“Give me what I want or it’ll be your fault when the government shuts down”
Just lovers quarrelling.
I took that statement by Reid to be one of the most statist ones he’s ever come out with.
Go to Harry Reid’s Face book page and leave him messages!! I do!!
There can be no discussion of a Democrat position, because any opposition to that position is illegitimate, insane, and unwarranted.
These Radical Socialist Democrats use this in EVERY Issue now, knowing they have the majority of the media to back them up. And any that don’t know they face consequences now for not doing so.
Thank Cloward/Piven.... SEIG HEIL!
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