Posted on 12/09/2010 1:09:15 PM PST by Qbert
Another rush of legislation, taxes, budget, and a host of social agenda items.
We've seen this bad movie before. It resulted in Stimulus, and the Christmas Eve Obamacare vote last year.
And it appears to be happening again.
This lame duck Congress has no political legitimacy to pass anything other than a continuing budget resolution (including defense) to keep the government operating until the new Congress can consider a full budget, and perhaps to straighten out the tax situation since taxes will rise before the new Congress is seated if nothing is done.
Much beyond that, Mitch McConnell should be shutting down the Senate.
Sweeping social legislation and other non-emergency items should be deferred until the new Congress, rather than having several dozen Congressman and several Senators who have been voted out of or are leaving office decide the fate of such matters. If these social agenda items were such a priority, they could have been brought up months ago, when Congressmen with a political stake in the vote were voting.
Mitch McConnell has a chance to earn the trust of the voters who have given him six new votes, and provided him with the backing of an incoming Republican House. Don't blow it.
Update: A commenter asks "How can we make sure Senator McConnell gets this message loud and clear?" His Washington office phone number is 202-224-2541, and the e-mail contact form is here.
As always, be polite.
Bush Tax Rates ( not cuts) retroactive in House and thats all folks.
Shut it down and go home rats.
Yep. I know it’s tempting for a lot of people to “break out the popcorn” and watch the Dems “unravel” with the various proposals, but I just don’t trust them. We saw this whole charade with Obamacare and everything else- they are 100% determined in twisting arms and getting what they want.
Pass the defense authorization bill and a a few other necessities, and get the h-ll out of there.
Doesn’t this guy read? The Republicans already sent Reid a letter, signed by all 42 GOP Senators, saying nothing will be allowed to proceed until “tax cuts for all Americans” is passed.
“Doesn’t this guy read? The Republicans already sent Reid a letter, signed by all 42 GOP Senators, saying nothing will be allowed to proceed until “tax cuts for all Americans” is passed.”
Nothing (besides the essentials) should be allowed to proceed *period* in 2010.
a few years ago Texas got in to a squabble and one party left the state to Oklahoma I think.
They sent the Texas Rangers after them.
Soooo ye gets a few dems and all the pubbies to go play hide & Seek?
Mitch rino
Until the 20th amendment was adopted in the 1930s, the whole second session of each Congress was held after the election for the next Congress (sessions used to begin in December, so those elected in November of one year would meet for the first time 13 months later, unless a special session was called).
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