Republicans pass bill to fund govt, Dems refuse to even vote on it... and say shutdown is therefore Republicans' fault?

[Ceece]

Originally Posted by VTHokieFan

46% would blame Republicans
36% would blame Obama



Anyway, if only 46% are blaming Republicans aka less than the number of people who voted for Obama. I say "shut-er down"

Sadly there are many people who see this as a numbers game, a way to score points for their team. It's not.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Little-Acorn

If the government doesn't get funded by October, it will shut down.

Republicans in the House have passed a bill that will fund all of the government at last year's levels, even including all the Democrats' pet projects from last year that Republicans (or at least conservatives) normally object to.

Democrats in the Senate have refused to pass that bill, or even vote on it, because it doesn't fund one new Dem pet project that wasn't part of the government last year, the ACA. But they are doing nothing to write a separate bill to fund that new pet project.

The more fanatical Democrats are insisting it's Republicans' fault that government isn't getting funded.

Can they get any sillier?

That's because Democrats made Obamacare a permanent entitlement, thereby insulating it from annual appropriations. One of my simple budget rules is that Congress should not deprive future Congresses of deciding what, where, and when to spend ny imposing permanent spending obligations on them. With Obamacare, spending is the default condition until Congress and the President decide to not spend, which makes anyone trying to stop spending a bad guy if it interferes with Business As Usual.

How about some people come out of the woodwork and run for office on this issue?

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by tinman01

Both sides will always maintain their hardliners. Some are very comfortable allowing others to think for them.

Some people just think liberal ideology makes more sense and others believe conservative ideals make more sense and they vote accordingly.For those who can vote liberal in one election and conservative in the next strikes me as people who decide on who to vote for by having others tell them who to vote for rather than rely on their own political ideals.