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'We got gamed': Ryan's dream of budget reform goes poof
MSN News ^ | November 29, 2018 | Sarah Ferris

Posted on 11/29/2018 1:57:31 PM PST by detective

A special panel dreamed up by Speaker Paul Ryan to end the constant cycle of government shutdowns crashed and burned on Thursday.

The special panel tasked with recommending budget fixes overwhelmingly rejected its own set of proposals, even after lawmakers admitted the package included only modest changes to the way Congress approves budgets and funds the government.

The failed vote follows months of amicable work toward a bipartisan deal. In recent weeks, however, partisan feuding divided the group as members from each side of the aisle began accusing the other party's leaders of dooming approval in the Senate.

“We got gamed here,” said Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), who, at one point, banged his fist on the table as he bemoaned the panel’s failure. “By leadership — House, Senate, Republican, Democrat.”

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: democrats; gop; gopliars; gopscrewsamerica; nevertrustryan; nevertrustthegop; ryan
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"On the final vote, just two Democrats, Reps. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) and Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) defied their party's leaders by voting for the plan. The other six voted "present.""

Speaker Ryan fails yet again.

1 posted on 11/29/2018 1:57:31 PM PST by detective
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A special panel dreamed up by Speaker Paul Ryan to end the constant cycle of government shutdowns crashed and burned on Thursday.

Exactly as was designed.

2 posted on 11/29/2018 1:59:28 PM PST by glorgau
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So says a guy who has been playing silly games, and intentionally losing them, since he got elected.


3 posted on 11/29/2018 2:00:24 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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If he honestly thinks a bi-partisan deal was possible in THIS political environment, he’s dumber than Ocasio-Cortez


4 posted on 11/29/2018 2:01:24 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Some may call me “Captain Obvious”, but it is my belief that Ryan is setting himself up to run against Trump in 2020.

He’s got that smugness about him that he’s the smartest guy in the room, and knows better that everyone.

I could be wrong.


5 posted on 11/29/2018 2:02:04 PM PST by FrankR (Make America Great Again, and Keep It That Way.)
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Yes, Paul Ryan, you got “gamed”. It’s been happening since you got into politics. Nobody thinks you’re nearly as smart as you think you are. Your donors don’t care so long as you keep doing as they say.


6 posted on 11/29/2018 2:02:16 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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We got gamed...wow, that ever happened before - Lucy and her football looks like Mother Theresa compared to 'rats acting "bipartisan" in their dealings with Republicans.....
7 posted on 11/29/2018 2:02:49 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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Nancy’s first budget will include at least Trillion dollars for Global Warming ,LOL


8 posted on 11/29/2018 2:03:16 PM PST by butlerweave
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The Poofter’s budget goes poof!


9 posted on 11/29/2018 2:03:29 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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Look forward to two Years (at least) of running the government on ‘Continuing Resolutions’....................


10 posted on 11/29/2018 2:05:17 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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DOH

I shoulda read at least the whole excerpt. I meant Ryan in my previous post; I thought he was the one complaining about being gamed.. I have no idea about Purdue in that respect.


11 posted on 11/29/2018 2:05:19 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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Now he'll take his record of failure and lack of integrity into the corporate world, where they'll pay him hundreds of millions of dollars for his continuing access to the halls of corrupt power.

This is our system. He never had any interest in fixing it.

12 posted on 11/29/2018 2:05:49 PM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be so boring.)
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Yes, it is obvious that RinoRyan has been sandbagging for two years. He is just a NeverTrump dickhead.

Now he can be on every cable show with his boyfriends Corker, Flake, Kasich etc to bash on everything President Trump does.

Kasish/Flake/Ryan 2020?


13 posted on 11/29/2018 2:07:22 PM PST by shelterguy
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If done properly, funding the government thru ‘Continuing Resolutions’ can do the same thing as reducing the budget...............


14 posted on 11/29/2018 2:07:33 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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Now he'll take his record of failure and lack of integrity into the corporate world, where they'll pay him hundreds of millions of dollars for his continuing access to the halls of corrupt power.

Yup. Which, in a nutshell, is why capitalism's in trouble. Too many people are becoming convinced that its all a scam, and are open to try ANY alternative.


15 posted on 11/29/2018 2:08:26 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Ryan always preferred being the jug-eared jackass Emperor Zero’s cabana boy.


16 posted on 11/29/2018 2:08:28 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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We have a Federal Reserve that creates money and debt at will, in a completely printed, fiat currency, with rates manipulated nearly to zero.

With a credit card like that and a new limit of $22 Trillion and rising, what politician needs to worry about spending?

I guess you have to try, but Ryan was a fool if he ever thought it would go anywhere.


17 posted on 11/29/2018 2:10:10 PM PST by PGR88
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“it is my belief that Ryan is setting himself up to run against Trump in 2020.”

Ryan has told everyone that he is retiring to spend more time with his family.

https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/04/11/ryan-im-retiring-january-spend-time-family/

Are you saying that Speaker Ryan was lying?


18 posted on 11/29/2018 2:11:10 PM PST by detective
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We got gamed alright.


19 posted on 11/29/2018 2:12:00 PM PST by sipow
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“If he honestly thinks a bi-partisan deal was possible in THIS political environment, he’s dumber than Ocasio-Cortez”

Actually, that would be one Helluva tight contest. Closer than any game Alabama’s played this year.


20 posted on 11/29/2018 2:12:45 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (You may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you...)
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