This freeper had a good idea.
All the House has to do is vote for appropriations. They should vote to fund the government at some level, preferably below the current level. No talk of shutdown,. Just pass a bill funding every department at some level and send it to the Senate. If Reid and the Senate vote no, it is the Senate shutting down the government, not the House. As long as no Republican gets off message and brags about provoking a shutdown they can win.
When Reid complains the bill doesn’t have enough spending or whatever, Boehner and the House leadership can state they have sent the Senate a bill to fund the government and they hope the Senate won’t play politics and hurt the people by shutting down the government. Turn the tables on Reid and Obama. Play the good guy and force Reid into a position where he votes to shut the government down. Tell the media and the people if Reid and the Senate want to propose more spending, they House will be happy to consider any supplemental appropriations bills the House a Democrats want toot ally introduce. For now the Senate must pass and the President must sign the bill already passed by the House in order to avoid a shutdown. We’ve done our job to fund the government. We encourage the Senate and the president to do theirs.
The Constitution gives the House control of spending. If the GOP can’t play a winning hand, the don’t deserve to be in power. They must learn how to play the game with finesse.
17 posted on 08/27/2014 7:48:44 PM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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“All the House has to do is vote for appropriations. They should vote to fund the government at some level, preferably below the current level. No talk of shutdown,. Just pass a bill funding every department at some level and send it to the Senate. If Reid and the Senate vote no, it is the Senate shutting down the government, not the House. As long as no Republican gets off message and brags about provoking a shutdown they can win.”
Then Reid sends it to a Senate budget committee which will amend the House bill and bring it to Senate Floor for a vote.
Reid sends it back to the House for them to vote on Reid’s amended budget bill.
The RATS have this down to a science, and you can’t win the game without controlling both the House and Senate.