Posted on 09/30/2013 3:03:56 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
I really like the sound of that!
They did that. All weekend.
Reid wouldn’t touch the bills.
Uh, Cruz isn’t qualified to be Speaker....
They passed a continuing resolution for all departments at the same time, with the exception that they defunded Obamacare unless it was delayed one year.
The only departments that they passed individual appropriations for were the military and parts of the state dept. They passed an appropriation for the military that would keep them paid in the event of a government shutdown. The Senate passed that one and Obama signed it.
I'm not sure what happened with the state dept. It probably went through as well.
But I think they should split the continuing resolution up by department. And pass one department at a time. Reid probably wouldn't touch them, because it's not the blanket no strings continuing resolution he wants. But primary responsibility for spending is with the House and the House needs to excert it's authority.
Michelle Bachmann was on Hannity today and that’s what she said.
Don’t shoot the messenger. Lol
Explain
That is true. But many who live there are from somewhere else - more so as you get closer to DC and Baltimore. The counties that have more native Marylanders are less whacky, some even conservative. Case in point:
Andrew P. Harris (R), 1st Congressional District, MD, includes Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester & Somerset counties & parts of Baltimore, Carroll & Harford counties. Most of those counties are well away from DC and Baltimore (most on the eastern shore). Even the portion in Baltimore county is the northern part, the most distant from Baltimore. Most of the counties in the district also went Republican in the last presidential election.
http://www.mdp.state.md.us/pdf/redistricting/2010maps/cong/dist_1.pdf
Could you expound upon that?
You have to be member of the HOR
“If Speaker Boehner doesn’t want to assert his leadership,” he added, “then he should go ahead and turn the gavel over to Speaker Cruz, because that’s what we’re seeing in the House.”
That is the best idea I’ve ever heard from a DemonRat!!
That’s my new Representative (sigh) . . .
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Duhhh ... I’m getting too old.
You can practically see the spray of foam and spit as the author says this.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)referred to Ted Cruz as a jest. However, if enough people like the sound of that, it may just well become a reality
The conservative Republicans have Boehner grabbed by his balls. He either does the right thing or he will no longer be speaker.
That is not true.
You probably also think you have to be a licensed attorney to be a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Setting aside the fact that Van Hollen is full of bovine feces, if Cruz is become the leader, it’s because he’s the only one showing any leadership.
That is actually incorrect. While no Speaker has ever been chosen from outside the current membership, there is no rule or law prohibiting it.
I do not think that you have to be an attorney to be supreme court justice, but thanks for assuming.
Before you mock someone else, get your ducks in a row.
Of course you have to be a member of the House to be Speaker.
But, good luck with that challenge constitutionally.
You won’t have precedent nor founders’ intent on your side.
And, outside the Constitution, those are two of the highest tenants when determining constitutionality.
And besides the words of the founders themselves, common sense must prevail.
Why do you think the founders didn’t list qualifications for the Speaker of the House specifically? Because they were already listed under the qualifications for MEMBERS. It’s not rocket science. Do you really think the founders were cool with the House of Reps putting, say, a 17 year old non citizen as speaker of the House? Because that’s exactly what your point implies. And if you DO think that, then do you really think that the qualifications for Representatives were important enough to list in the constitution, but their leader, who holds MUCH power, was so important that the founders didn’t bother with qualifications?
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