Boehner needed 57 Democrats. Have no idea what deals have been made that will end up biting we taxpayers in the wallet and how much regulation will now be applied. Or effectively, if “earmarks” have been applied. Yeah, the Republicans are acting like they are still in the minority – afraid of their own political shadows. Instead, the base is having a raised blood pressure. Once again, what the Elites have failed to do (regular order, pass individual bills in regular time instead of a rushed “kitchen sink” at the last second).
Illegal amnesty fully funded in a lot of cases. Obamacare fully funded. Money for the EPA. Money for abortions. Money for lots of the Democrat Agenda. Yet it is the Republican House that controls the Constitutional Purse. A tool is of no use when it simply hangs on the wall.
No Republican win (can’t win when you pre-emptively throw in the towel). Period. I know elementary kids that have more fight in them than this bunch. I am so freaking tired of the Republicans saying “NEXT time we’ll fight that fight” – and that NEXT time never comes. Jr. Lackeys of the Welfare State. Jr. Partners of the Democrat Party. What leverage is there left when all this stuff they promised to fight is now funded until October – how are the Republicans thinking they are going to fight the Obama agenda when they’ve gone “Hands Up! Down on our knees!”?
Why NOT have just done a 3 month Continuing Resolution, get the new Congress seated, and THEN get the fight on? Or was this the deal all along from the get go?
The GOP – the Party of Abdication. The bill goes to the Senate now. Do I even have to give you any guesses how Kelly Ayotte is going to vote when it arrives in the Senate?
Update: NH CongressCritters: Kuster voted for this overbloated monstrosity Carol Shea-Porter voted no
