Category Archives: Tea Party

John Boehner is a good man.  But his anger, while justified, engenders no sympathy from me.  He hollered the following, thumping the podium:

Boehner said the bill was necessary “after I stuck my neck out a mile trying to get an agreement with the president of the United States.”

“But a lot of people in this town can never say yes. This house has acted and it is time for this administration to put something on the table, tell us where you are.”

via Boehner Goes Irate On Dems Prior To GOP Passing Another Bill To End The “Crisis” (Video) | Red White Blue News.

There he is, angry that he has no idea what constitutes the negotiating position of the Democrats.  Angry and alone, unable to … Continue reading →

[UPDATE: John Boehner has stated that elements of this, such as the Jom Jordan re-districting retribution,  are just a rumor.  As much as I wish to support the Republican Speaker by virtue of the job, it is not inconceivable that “just a rumor” would be enough to get him past a crucial vote.  A spokesman for Jim Jordan, for example, did not seem quite convinced that there was nothing behind it, choosing his words carefully “We would hope that standing strong in favor of lower spending and balancing the federal budget would not be a reason to eliminate the district of a sitting member of Congress.”  Hardly confident. — hbd ]

STOP the Boehner-McConnell-Reid-Obama series of bills!  These are stalking horses for Democrat control so that cowardly Republicans … Continue reading →

YES!  This is what the damned House needs to support.  The House passed Cut, Cap and Balance (CCB), and the Senate tabled it.  They did not kill it.  Tabling a bill leaves it in limbo until it is actually killed, rescued, or the session ends (IIRC).

“The bipartisan House-passed Cut, Cap, Balance bill remains the only plan on the table, the only one that preserves our AAA rating, and is only four Democrat votes away from a Senate majority to end this debt crisis,” said Senator DeMint. “I will work to force another vote on Cut, Cap & Balance next week because the President and Democrats have not offered the American people any other viable solution.

via Sen. Jim DeMint Vows to Force Another Vote on Cut, … Continue reading →

This is not rocket science; it is basic math.

Do you see the horseshit in here?  From Eric Cantor’s blog:

In its first year, 2012, the revised bill cuts $22 billion as measured against the latest CBO baseline (while the original bill cut just $1 billion), and in the second year it cuts $42 billion (while the original cut $16 billion). These are still very small numbers in the scheme of federal spending, but the greater front-loading actually matters a lot. One reason is that the 2012 and 2013 budgets are the only ones that will actually be under the control of this congress. But even more important is the greater reduction of the baseline itself since, as we’ve witnessed in the … Continue reading →