Senate passes debt-ceiling plan in blow to tea party (Ted Cruz's attempted filibuster denied)

CNN ^ | 02/12/2014 | Tom Cohen

[SeekAndFind]

Washington (CNN) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to avert at least one chronic Washington political crisis for more than a year.

With a snowstorm bearing down on the capital, it approved a House-passed measure that allows the government to borrow more money to pay its bills through March 2015.

The White House signaled that President Barack Obama would sign the legislation, so the Senate vote was the last hurdle to resolving the debt ceiling issue until after the November congressional elections.

Wednesday's result was a blow to tea party conservatives who oppose any kind of increase in federal borrowing.

Filibuster denied

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a leader of the GOP tea party wing, mounted a filibuster attempt to force a 60-vote threshold for proceeding on the debt ceiling measure.

However, a dozen Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, joined Democrats to overcome the filibuster on a 67-31 procedural vote that avoided another politically damaging legislative impasse over spending.

[LibLieSlayer]

Idiot communists... it was a blow to every American so go blow obama you pos!

[VRWC For Truth]

Oh noes, the tea party is dead again.

[Howie66]

From your lips to God’s ears!

Let’s have at the sonsovbitches!

Yeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaa!

[Howie66]

Well said, Brother!

I hereby confer upon you the title of “Honorary Texan”!

“Whiskey for my men and beer for my horses”

[NFHale]

“...Honorary Texan...”

I like that, and I am deeply honored...

Maybe someday I will actually get out there. That’s a dream I have.

[Howie66]

Any time, my friend!

[1010RD]

When you say “media” what do you mean?

Do you mean the DNC press corps?

[1010RD]

Then do you know a good pike store?

[Triple]

IMO - If Cornyn can get re-elected (in Texas) after this turn of events, the opportunity to bring our country under control through the ballot box is gone.

[Lucky9teen]

1929 Market Chart Gains Traction

If market follows the same script, trouble lies directly ahead.

There are eerie parallels between the stock market’s recent behavior and how it behaved right before the 1929 crash.

That at least is the conclusion reached by a frightening chart that has been making the rounds on Wall Street. The chart superimposes the market’s recent performance on top of a plot of its gyrations in 1928 and 1929.

The picture isn’t pretty. And it’s not as easy as you might think to wriggle out from underneath the bearish significance of this chart.

Tom Demark who first drew parallels with the 1928-1929 period well before last November. “Originally, I drew it for entertainment purposes only,” he said—but no longer: “Now it’s evolved into something more serious.”

Matt Drudge on January 27, 2014 "Have A Exit Plan"

[Howie66]

Can’t say that I have heard of them.

[P-Marlowe]

There is no limit. It is a blank check and Obama gets to fill in the amount.

Your children and grandchildren will have to pay for it.

[NFHale]

“..Let’s have at the sonsovbitches!...”

Bring rope, brother... LOTS of rope. Franks, too. We’ll do the barbecue after the housecleaning.

I’ll bring beer and bourbon.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Wednesday's result was a blow to tea party conservatives who oppose any kind of increase in federal borrowing. /i>

Wednesday's result was completely predictable, but allowed Ted Cruz to get "Republican" "leadership" on the record for its all-in capitulation to the Obama agenda. Obligingly, Mitch and Cornyn walked right into the web.

[Howie66]

You are THE MAN!!

I am so ready, Brother!

That dipstick Boehner needs to be TARRED, FEATHERED and RUN out of town on a rail!

Damned douchebag!

[Nextrush]

We are learning the bag of tricks politicians use to hustle us into believing they are on our side.

[Safrguns]

I don’t think congress will have to worry about raising the debt ceiling again.

I think between now and March 2015 the national credit card will be cut up for us.

[Theodore R.]

The problem is that peopole in TX and (and in KY with McC too) don’t undrstand cloture and what it means. They do recognize familiar names on a ballot, pat themselves on the back, and vote again and again for the ones they recognize.

[Triple]

Cornyn is out there claiming he was against raising the debt ceiling without *any* other concessions.

It is an outright lie. People are on to his chicanery.

I hope the mask is off. We will learn much from the primary results. I expect that the signal regarding the direction of the republic from the Cornyn primary will be a strong one.

Cornyn must be defeated.

[SADMILLIE]

Cornyn voted to allow democrats to use 51 votes. He has no guts. He is not a conservative. He is an insider and I think he is as corrupt as they come. Vote for any of his opponents.
God BLESS Ted Cruz.