Instead, in a tactic that will go mostly unnoticed, this government funding deal was once again negotiated behind closed doors, and then, like several recent "must-pass" bills, will be rammed through the Senate in no time with limited debate and no floor amendments via a parliamentary mechanism called a "privileged message." A privileged message is a tool that has been abused by Congressional leadership to circumvent committees of jurisdiction and bypass regular order of business to expedite legislation for immediate final passage.
ARE!?
Try HAVE. The ink on the articles of surrender has already dried.
Boy, this Ted Cruz clown... he can’t get along with anyone. Why can’t he reach across the isle and support all the President’s agenda. He is bull in a china shop. Glad he wrote this article so the voters can see how mean he is and won’t support him in the primaries..... (/s)
You’d think that the GOP, if they were truly the conservative opposition party, or even the “moderate” opposition party, would be ashamed to hear Shmuck Shumer crowing about how they’re doing the ‘rats’ work for them. But they’re not ashamed, because they’re not in opposition to the ‘rats. It’s the Uniparty, in all reality.
Bending over is more like it.
No, Senator Cruz, the Republicans have already surrendered to Obama, which spawned the 2012 and 2014 mid term elections.
I smell huge rat droppings. It looks like this may not be as much about raping America on the budget deal as it is an attempt to force conservatives to abandon the Republican Party before the primaries.
Their only hope is to shrink the party to a level that they can force their libtard candidate on those so loyal to the party as to let them screw us again. For the GOPe, Hillary is their only hope of retaining power.
Don’t donate. Stay in the party and fight through the primaries. Support any non incumbent. After that, screw them.
My only argument is with the use of the past tense.
Congressional Republicans surrendered to Obama long ago.
In 1814 the British burned the US Capitol. They need to come back and do it again. Nothing else has cleansed that wretched hive of scum and villainy.
It has been the UniParty for some time now. Traitors to their electorate, traitors to their oath of office and traitors to the Consitution.
They AGREE with him on the fundamentals, with some minor quibbles over implementation details.
The ruling coalition is united around several things that the people are against. They are skilled at setting up phony issues (or issues that don't concern the Federal government) to break up the formation of any possible other coalition.
Republicans and Democrats agree that the purpose of the State is redistribution. How much, and to whom, and under what circumstances, there are disagreements. But no elected officials of either Party believe that it is wrong to take from you and give to another of their own choosing, for reasons that make sense to them.
Republicans and Democrats agree that you have "rights" - lots of them. They also agree that any question ABOUT your "rights", or whether or not something IS a "right", should not be decided by a political process because that is "divisive". So, they both agree that the voice of "the People" as contemplated in Articles IX and X can only be voiced by nine unelected life tenure judges, and that five of them, at any time or for any reason, can give new "rights" and take away old ones, particularly if those old ones arise out of majority voting.
Republicans and Democrats all believe in "diversity". They, ignoring completely the results of all social science research on this subject, and contrary to millennia of human experience and wisdom, believe that the more "diverse" our country, its institutions, and any private entities within her become, the more cohesive and productive we will become.
Republicans and Democrats almost all believe in "free trade" and "immigration". These things are good for various constituencies of both parties while they wreck the economy and the nation.
Many of the People, perhaps a majority, do not believe in any of these things. But in our existing system, captive as it is to the MSM-mandated "process" for choosing two candidates for POTUS neither of whom will change a thing, leaves the People with no voice.
Something's gonna blow.
That Congress has not yet impeached Traitorobama for giving aid and comfort to the enemy is overwhelming testimony that Congress is complicit in treason. Selling this nation down the economic drain is just more traitorous icing on the cake.
Demonicrat or Republicrat - they are all incumbents traitors.
536 should be in prison and their assets seized. We were not born to be debt slaves to criminals.
Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Frederic Bastiat
The problem is beyond the GOP, the Congressional leadership in both parties has incrementally abandoned its constitutional responsibilities. The separation of powers was designed to put interest against interest, not just politically, but institutionally. Political interests now overwhelmingly trump institutional interests.
Congress has quietly surrendered its power. It has not defended its legislative prerogatives by restricting court jurisdiction, overturning decisions restricting legislative power, or impeaching judges who actively usurp Congressional power by rewriting legislation from the bench. Concurrently, it has passed broad legislation, delegating the specifics to the executive branch and reducing its ability to influence events.
Congress is at the nadir of its influence, I can’t imagine previous Speakers of the House such as Sam Rayburn or even Tip O’Neill surrendering so much power to the executive. Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, and even Clinton all had to work hard to get legislation through Congresses of their own party. Harry Reid and Pelosi and the bulk of the current Democrat caucus are effectively subordinates of the President, ensuring that there is little to no institutional resistance to the Administration.
This presents a problem for the GOP Congressional leadership, who unfortunately are affected by the same mentality. Their deference to the Executive is in part the result of an inability to imagine how they can resist. They seem to believe that regardless of how unpopular a proposal may be, opposing the President and standing up for Congressional prerogatives can only end in disaster.
Which I find curious, as Trump’s increasing popularity should be a clarion call that the GOP electorate expects more from them.
This is why Ted Cruz is intensely disliked in the vicious snake pit of corruption, backstabbing and betrayal of Washington, DC. He kept his solemn promises to conservative voters in Texas with his honor intact. This proven courage in the lion's den is the reason I admire and trust Cruz more than anyone I've voted for in the past forty years including Ronald Reagan.
Thanks Ted for providing that sickening litany.
I can t wait until he takes office and does battle with these sell-outs.
He won t work with them, he will take his case to the people and defeat them.
Term limits, please.
K here’s the deal. I’m thinking when a new congressman is elected, he travels to Washington.
His first meeting is in the underground THRONE ROOM OF SATAN.
Then they “evolve” and do all manner of inexplicable things.
I guess the citizens of the USA will need to be eating tree bark to survive before they decide to clean up their government. Obviously by then it will be way too late.