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GOP leaders ignore Obama’s deadline
The Hill ^ | 7/16/11 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 07/17/2011 10:11:24 AM PDT by Evil Slayer

House Republican leaders have missed a 36-hour deadline President Obama set during a Thursday meeting for lawmakers to give him a plan to avert a national default.

The deadline came and went Saturday morning without a response from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

Instead, Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) plan to move the Cut, Cap and Balance Act on the floor next week, which would require passage of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution before the debt limit is raised.

A House GOP leadership aide said at noontime Saturday that Boehner and Cantor did not send Obama a revised proposal to raise the debt-limit, as the president requested.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 36hrdeadline; balancedbudget; boehner; cantor; cutcapbalance; deadline; debtceiling; ericcantor; grewaspine; ignorobama; johnboehner; obama; ohio; palin; virginia
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To: Jess79
What is it with his nose always up in the air? You’d think someone would tell him that doesn’t look good to his subjects.

They did. If you've noticed, Bammy hardly ever assumes that pose any longer. Way too many people made the comparison to Mussolini.

I'm sure it takes a conscious effort on his part to keep his chin out of the air.

61 posted on 07/17/2011 1:56:19 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Jess79

62 posted on 07/17/2011 2:04:37 PM PDT by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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To: All
I'm curious.

Has any other President threatened to cut off social security and military checks prior to a possible government shutdown except Obama?

63 posted on 07/17/2011 2:17:40 PM PDT by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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To: kabar
Who the Hell is he to set deadlines?

Give the guy a break....you don't actually expect him to read the Constitution do you?

64 posted on 07/17/2011 4:33:08 PM PDT by voicereason (The U.S.A. doesn't need sex......Obama is already screwing the country daily.)
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To: Windflier
Obama is making a big fuss over the Social Security checks because he doesn't want anyone to accuse him of being *niggardly*.

Ooops, that didn't come out so well, did it? Some illiterate liberal (but I repeat myself) might think it was "racist"TM.

*niggardly* a pathological liar because the Democrats have told us all along that Social Security is in a lockbox separate from the rest of the Federal Budget.

There, all fixed.

Cheers!

65 posted on 07/17/2011 4:39:11 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: All; Evil Slayer
Cut, Cap & Balance bill: HR 2560 (PDF)

Balanced Budget Amendment HJ RES 56 (same as SR RES 10)

HJ RES 56 Joe Walsh sponsors with 59 co-sponsors include Issa, McClintock, Pence, West and Wilson

Michele Bachmann is AWOL.

SR RES 10 Hatch sponsors with 47 co-sponsors. It looks like all GOP senators on board including squishy types like Brown, Collins, Graham, Lugar, McCain and Snowe.

66 posted on 07/17/2011 6:26:16 PM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: Evil Slayer

Awwwww. Poor Barry. The Bad Old Republicans aren’t kowtowing to his demands. It stinks to be A Nekkid Emperor.


67 posted on 07/17/2011 6:29:10 PM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: Evil Slayer

Congress doesn’t work for you Mr Obama.


68 posted on 07/17/2011 6:42:10 PM PDT by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: HChampagne

Exactly, vote on Cut, Cap, Balance, or take the full 40 point hit Aug 3, after we make the interest payment, SS payment, and pay the military.

Obama, do you like your peas? With carrots, or perhaps some pea soup


69 posted on 07/17/2011 7:02:59 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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