Democrats Plan Maneuver to Allow Obama to Raise Debt Ceiling

Newsmax ^ | Monday, 07 Oct 2013 06:49 PM | (Newsmax Wires)

[ZOOKER]

bfl

[Pearls Before Swine]

can we name it “the Enabling Act”?

We've had more than one. When a bill gives so much discretion to a non elected party, as the ACA does, or many EPA bills, you've got a mini-Enabling Act.

When you think about Reid's demand for a "clean bill," you've got pretty much the same thing. He just wants a continuing resolution for whatever, clean of any restrictions. Maybe you're right--the ultimate clean bill wouldn't be confined to any area, it would just be an overall Enabling Act.

Also, doesn't it seem wrong to pass a bill by a bare majority which requires a 2/3 majority for over-ride?

[Political Junkie Too]

Here is the original story from July 2011:

McConnell: Give Obama new powers on debt limit:

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Republican in the Senate proposed on Tuesday giving President Barack Obama sweeping new power to, in effect, unilaterally increase the nation's debt limit to avoid a first-ever default on U.S. obligations. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., offered a new plan to allow the president to demand up to $2.4 trillion in new borrowing authority by the summer of next year in three separate submissions. Those increases in the so-called debt limit would automatically take effect unless both the Republican House and the Democratic Senate enact legislation specifically disapproving it.

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McConnell unveils debt limit ‘Plan B’

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The first part of the plan would entail Obama submitting a request to Congress to raise the debt ceiling by $700 billion ahead of the Aug. 2 deadline. Then, Congress could pass a resolution of disapproval; the president could either sign it or veto it, McConnell said.

“Presumably, he would veto it,” McConnell continued. “If that were the case, that veto would be sustained by one-third-plus-one in either the House or the Senate.”

The second debt-limit request, for $900 billion, would then likely come in the fall of 2011 and would follow the same procedure, McConnell said. The third, another $900 billion increase, would come in the summer of 2012 and would lift the debt ceiling through the end of the year.

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This is "leadership?" Who's side is this guy on?

-PJ

[Whenifhow]

NAME OF REPUBLICAN SENATOR WHO ALLEGEDLY CALLED FREEDOMWORKS SUPPORTERS ‘TRAITORS’ (UPDATE)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3076253/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3076253/posts?page=70#70

Obama wants to make the debt ceiling an issue as Mark Levin described.
Levin pointed out it was all planned. I found this video from Sept 23, so it was BEFORE the Oct 3 radio program. Levin lays it out:

Mark Levin REVEALS the brazen unconstitutional assault Obama is planning…

http://therightscoop.com/mark-levin-reveals-the-brazen-unconstitutional-assault-obama-is-planning/

Link to the audio for the Mark Levin Oct 3 clip about his theory.

The End of the United States of America

http://markamerica.com/2013/10/04/the-end-of-the-united-states-of-america/