House Passes Bill to Fund D.C. Government Through Dec. 15

NBC Washington DC ^ | 10/2/13 | NBC Washington DC

[InterceptPoint]

Members conducted a voice vote, which means they do not need to tally the votes.

Is this just dumber than dumb? You have a chance to put the Dems on record as voting against it and you decide not to count the votes.

Another opportunity lost. I don't get it.

[jimbo123]

Voice vote gave cover to black democrat reps who want the DC local govt funding restored as soon as possible.

[Graewoulf]

Almost 4 years of failure to defund Obamacare is proof enough that Boehner has been a failure as the Speaker of the House.

Boehner skated by during this battle ONLY because Reid wanted to shutdown the Government, and couldn’t care less about taking Boehner to the cleaners, as usual. Thank you, Senator Reid.

The next battle is what Reid is preparing for: Crushing all Republican opposition to a large increase in the Federal Budget.

Reid’s plan is to move quickly, (Obama is scandal ridden, and has but 3 years left if he is not Impeached), to enshrine Obamacare as a single payer, Federal Insurance system.

Then Federal Obamacare Insurance premiums can be raised by the IRS anytime the Democrats need to extract more money from the taxpayers.

Thus, Congress would not be involved in this tax money raising scheme.

As for the Republicans, Reid is unconcerned about them, as he has always been able to beat them EVERY TIME.

Well, every time that Boehner has been Speaker of the House.

After nearly 5 years on the job, Sobber of the House Boehner still hasn’t figured out that Reid and Obama are permanently emotionally stunted at the 2 to 4 year old, temper tantrum level.

Boehner must be the most stupid man in our sorry Federal Government.

Boehner was led kicking and screaming to not cave-in to Reid. That is to his credit, but just barely.

Boehner was waaaaaaaaaay to timid with 2 year old Reid, and damn near gave up on staying on offense by continually trying to cave in to 2 year old Reid.

Thankfully, Reid wanted this shutdown, convinced Obama to want it too, and avoided the temptation to take Boehner to the cleaners again. Thank you Senator Reid!

Boehner has no ideas left now so he must be replaced ASAP.

This First Reid Shutdown is a blessing in disgust.

Ignore the slings and arrows that the fans of Obamanation hurl at us.

They enjoy making noise and Federal messes, and they are good at it.

We Conservative Republicans have the responsibility of adult leadership to the 53 % of the voters who still pay their Federal Income Taxes. We have a lot of work to do!

The House needs to get rid of Boehner, replace him with a fighter, say Newt or Allen West (the House rules allow members to choose anyone, even non-members to be Speaker).

Then the new Speaker needs to appoint 3 Special Prosecuters : 1.) Benghazi; 2.) IRS; 3.) NSA.

This is a perfect time to clean up the mess that Obama, Reid and Pelosi have made, abolish Obamacare, and start to wean Americans off of the Federal Welfare teat.

Let the fans of Obamanation scream and holler, for that is what they have been doing for the last 5 years. Let them have their brand of hate-filled fun. We have work to do.

It is time for the Republican adults to lead the juvenile RINOs to clean up the dung heap that is truly an Obamanation.

Sometimes one has to work with the crew that one is saddled with.

Damn the Democrats! Full speed ahead!

[Graewoulf]

MAKE DC LISTEN: TELL YOUR SENATORS, ESPECIALLY THE DEMOCRATS !

State .... Senator .... Party .... Phone

AK Mark Begich D (202) 224-3004
AK Lisa Murkowski R (202) 224-6665
AL Jeff Sessions R (202) 224-4124
AL Richard C. Shelby R (202) 224-5744
AR John Boozman R (202) 224-4843
AR Mark L. Pryor D (202) 224-2353
AZ Jeff Flake R (202) 224-4521
AZ John McCain R (202) 224-2235
CA Barbara Boxer D (202) 224-3553
CA Dianne Feinstein D (202) 224-3841
CO Michael F. Bennet D (202) 224-5852
CO Mark Udall D (202) 224-5941
CT Richard Blumenthal D (202) 224-2823
CT Christopher Murphy D (202) 224-4041
DE Thomas R. Carper D (202) 224-2441
DE Christopher A. Coons D (202) 224-5042
FL Bill Nelson D (202) 224-5274
FL Marco Rubio R (202) 224-3041
GA Saxby Chambliss R (202) 224-3521
GA Johnny Isakson R (202) 224-3643
HI Mazie K. Hirono D (202) 224-6361
HI Brian Schatz D (202) 224-3934
IA Chuck Grassley R (202) 224-3744
IA Tom Harkin D (202) 224-3254
ID Mike Crapo R (202) 224-6142
ID James E. Risch R (202) 224-2752
IL Richard J. Durbin D (202) 224-2152
IL Mark Kirk R (202) 224-2854
IN Daniel Coats R (202) 224-5623
IN Joe Donnelly D (202) 224-4814
KS Jerry Moran R (202) 224-6521
KS Pat Roberts R (202) 224-4774
KY Mitch McConnell R (202) 224-2541
KY Rand Paul R (202) 224-4343
LA Mary L. Landrieu D (202) 224-5824
LA David Vitter R (202) 224-4623
MA Edward Markey D (202) 224-2742
MA Elizabeth Warren D (202) 224-4543
MD Benjamin L. Cardin D (202) 224-4524
MD Barbara A. Mikulski D (202) 224-4654
ME Susan M. Collins R (202) 224-2523
ME Angus S. King I (202) 224-5344
MI Carl Levin D (202) 224-6221
MI Debbie Stabenow D (202) 224-4822
MN Al Franken D (202) 224-5641
MN Amy Klobuchar D (202) 224-3244
MO Roy Blunt R (202) 224-5721
MO Claire McCaskill D (202) 224-6154
MS Thad Cochran R (202) 224-5054
MS Roger F. Wicker R (202) 224-6253
MT Max Baucus D (202) 224-2651
MT Jon Tester D (202) 224-2644
NC Richard Burr R (202) 224-3154
NC Kay R. Hagan D (202) 224-6342
ND Heidi Heitkamp D (202) 224-2043
ND John Hoeven R (202) 224-2551
NE Deb Fischer R (202) 224-6551
NE Mike Johanns R (202) 224-4224
NH Kelly Ayotte R (202) 224-3324
NH Jeanne Shaheen D (202) 224-2841
NJ Jeff Chiesa R (202) 224-3224
NJ Robert Menendez D (202) 224-4744
NM Martin Heinrich D (202) 224-5521
NM Tom Udall D (202) 224-6621
NV Dean Heller R (202) 224-6244
NV Harry Reid D (202) 224-3542
NY Kirsten E. Gillibrand D (202) 224-4451
NY Charles E. Schumer D (202) 224-6542
OH Sherrod Brown D (202) 224-2315
OH Rob Portman R (202) 224-3353
OK Tom Coburn R (202) 224-5754
OK James M. Inhofe R (202) 224-4721
OR Jeff Merkley D (202) 224-3753
OR Ron Wyden D (202) 224-5244
PA Robert P. Casey D (202) 224-6324
PA Patrick J. Toomey R (202) 224-4254
RI Jack Reed D (202) 224-4642
RI Sheldon Whitehouse D (202) 224-2921
SC Lindsey Graham R (202) 224-5972
SC Tim Scott R (202) 224-6121
SD Tim Johnson D (202) 224-5842
SD John Thune R (202) 224-2321
TN Lamar Alexander R (202) 224-4944
TN Bob Corker R (202) 224-3344
TX John Cornyn R (202) 224-2934
UT Orrin G. Hatch R (202) 224-5251
UT Mike Lee R (202) 224-5444
VA Tim Kaine D (202) 224-4024
VA Mark R. Warner D (202) 224-2023
VT Patrick J. Leahy D (202) 224-4242
VT Bernard Sanders I (202) 224-5141
WA Maria Cantwell D (202) 224-3441
WA Patty Murray D (202) 224-2621
WI Tammy Baldwin D (202) 224-5653
WI Ron Johnson R (202) 224-5323
WV Joe Manchin D (202) 224-3954
WV John D. Rockefeller D (202) 224-6472
WY John Barrasso R (202) 224-6441
WY Michael B. Enzi R (202) 224-3424

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[Ghost of SVR4]

Nah...screw that....you assholes in DC can’t work out the problems of the COUNTRY without petulance, you gets no perks in your beloved town..It all stays shut down.

[mrsmith]

They wanted it passed in time for the Nightly News?

All I can think of.

[jimbo123]

They wanted it passed before the 5:30p meeting at the White House with the bisexual Kenyan.

[mrsmith]

Precisely!

That’s a big stick for the soft Speaker to carry into the meeting. Reid and Obama are scared to death of partial funding.

[SharpRightTurn]

“Wrong - Pushing bills to Open agencies each day - makes the Democrats look like the ‘Party of No’ ...”

Thanks for the correction. I have been expecting an early cave and am glad that it didn’t happen (not yet anyway).

[SharpRightTurn]

“As I read it, this is just for DC, not the Fed.”

That’s a relief, though I would not be opposed to shutting down the city government as well as the national government. The city government is a microcosm of the national Leviathan in terms of waste and corruption.

[jimbo123]

Obama and Reid are telling the black DC government workers that they must sacrifice their paychecks for the greater democrat good. So it will probably not pass the Senate, but it’s a least a good way to start sowing dissent between Obama and the black DC govt workers who want their funding restored before anyone else.

[blondee123]

Why? Have you all seen the numbers for your private insurance? This new HC is going to totally bankrupt America!

[IM2MAD]

It’s almost as if Bohner’s constituents are not the people of his district but the members of the House.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Remember DC is a democratic fiefdom, and if the Senate Dems vote it down, they are pooping in their own nest.

This just keeps getting better and better.

When was the last time the Republicans had all the cards, AND wanted to use them?

[PapaBear3625]

As people find out more and more about how much of a pain in the butt the actual implementation of Obamacare is, it will become more and more unpopular.

Keep stalling while its popularity drops. Do NOT vote to fund it past Nov 2014.

Meanwhile pass a number of individual bills to fund what the PEOPLE think the important parts of government are.

[jimbo123]

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/326197-house-passes-dc-funding-bill-in-voice-vote

Tuesday’s voice vote allowed Democrats to avoid a formal vote that would have forced them to choose between supporting the District or opposing Republicans.

Republicans said they were surprised so many Democrats voted against the bill, because the legislation is meant to give the District of Columbia access to funds that it has raised on its own. The District must have its budget approved by Congress, even though it raises its own money and does not rely on other appropriations.

“I don’t understand why so many of our friends on the other side of the aisle voted ‘no’ yesterday, because all it does is allow the District of Columbia to spend its own money,” Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) said.

[Political Junkie Too]

...late Thursday afternoon.

Gotta love today's copy/paste journalism.

-PJ

[jimbo123]

Tuesday’s voice vote

The Hill got it wrong, too.

[Paine in the Neck]

This is a note that Cantor tweeted earlier:



The GOP stratgey is to fund in pieces. Note that funding DC is the second on the list. They're debating the fourth item in the House now. They may not get Barry to veto but they will hang Harry Reid with being the ogre for blocking these in the Senate, esp. after his kids with cancer gaffe today.

[GeronL]

would Dems vote against a bill to fund SS & Medicare?

I don’t think they have the guts.

Imagine those TV ads