The half-baked abortion known as the “Super Committee” has unsurprisingly failed to come to agreement on the $1.2 trillion in budget cuts needed to avoid sequestration, the mandatory automatic cuts built into the debt ceiling deal. Now $1.2 trillion in…
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Tea Party, Conservatives Big Losers in Debt Ceiling Fight
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The media is very busy trying to claim that the Tea Party was the big winner with the passage of the Budget Control Act of 2011. This could not be further from the truth. John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have…
John Boehner Reneges On Pledge To Put House Bills Up For 72 Hours Before Vote
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H/T Rob Bluey at the Heritage Foundation: Is anyone surprised? Another big fat F for you John Boehner.
Norah O’Donnell confirms she’s a left-wing hack, saying to Jay Carney: “we got nothing!”
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CBS reporter Norah O’Donnell made sure everyone in the world knew exactly what side she’s on in the debt ceiling fight, whining to White House spokesman Jay Carney, “you gave them everything they wanted and we got nothing!” Who…
Update on the debt ceiling deal…Tea Party got screwed. No cuts, and if cuts occur, liberal programs are all exempt.
by MarcusPorcius • • 1 Comment
Here’s the relevant info: Social Security, Medicaid and food stamps would be exempt from the automatic cuts, but payments to doctors, nursing homes and other Medicare providers could be trimmed, as could subsidies to insurance companies that offer an…
Debt ceiling deal reportedly reached by Obama, Reid, McConnell and Boehner. Defense would bear 50% of proposed cuts.
by MarcusPorcius • • 1 Comment
In another great job of selling the country out, RINO “leaders” John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have agreed to a debt ceiling deal with Harry Reid and President Obama that would give Obama essentially a blank check for $2.4 trillion…
Reid kills second Boehner debt ceiling bill, but hasn’t brought his own to the floor.
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Harry Reid followed through on his promise to kill the second House-passed debt ceiling bill, and Democrats have been spending the day saying that Republicans are holding the economy, the country and even the White House hostage. Let’s see…House bills 2,…
John Campbell insults his constituents: ““My ideology drives me, but it doesn’t overrule my ability to think.”
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Buried in this story by Politico about the fight to dredge up votes for Boehner’s fake debt reduction plan was this little tidbit from John Campbell, (R-CA): My ideology drives me, but it doesn’t overrule my ability to think.…
Pelosi on Boehner plan vote: “We’re trying to save life on this planet as we know it today.” I wish I was kidding.
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The latest in insane hyperbole from Nancy Pelosi: What we’re trying to do is save the world from the Republican budget….we’re trying to save life on this planet as we know it today. First the Republicans are…
John Boehner Set To Betray Tea Party That Got Him His Job
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The Boehner plan, which speaker Boehner has pushed and told the GOP to “get your ass in line” behind, is a sham. It contains no actual cuts. It merely reduces future increases by calling for a lower increase in federal baseline…
