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It's not really a shutdown. It's "let's pick and choose who to make stay home but still get their pay" scenario.
They only get paid if congress voluntarily votes to give them back pay. True, they got back pay in 1995, but do you honestly see that happening under the current congress?
They only get paid if congress voluntarily votes to give them back pay. True, they got back pay in 1995, but do you honestly see that happening under the current congress?
yes, neither side will vote against paying them because they need their votes..
Hey OP, sorry for your bad luck! And bad reporting! And bias! And disingenuousness!
39% to 36%!
LOL
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If the federal government shuts down because Republicans and the Obama administration fail to agree on a budget, there will be plenty of blame to go around. About as many say they would blame the Republicans (39%) for such a standoff as say they would blame Obama (36%), with 17% volunteering that both would be equally to blame.
I hope you're right! He'll be welcomed in the spirit of Michele Bachmann, Louie Gohmert, and Steve King. I'll no longer have to read my kid bedtime stories; Carnival Cruz will do it for me on the taxpayer's dime!
I wonder how the birthers will cope with him... That should, indeed, be a slam dunk for them.
Well, that's a complete crock. The bill was passed and signed into law over three years ago. The GOP are more than welcome to offer amendments to the law, and to introduce bills as such. It has nothing to do with the budget or the shutdown. They're just conflating the two things. And I hope Americans hold these losers 100% responsible for being intransigent s**theads.
Passing a bill, doesnt mean money magically appears from little green lepricahns to pay the bill..
The implimentation is expected to cost $100B.. Tell me where that money comes from if its not to be budged.
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Our system does NOT work that way. All you need is a political majority - not a majority that includes people from varied political perspectives.
Obamacare was passed in line with the political process in the US. Thus, it is law. Repealing a law can also be done through the proper process. Holding an entire nation hostage because you don't like a particular law is NOT part of an adaptive process - it is nothing other than extortion.
No it wasnt passed in line with the polical process. Obamacare never passed the House.. A tax cut was passed in the House for veterans, the Senate then stripped every single word of that bill, and used it for Obamacare..
I hope you're right! He'll be welcomed in the spirit of Michele Bachmann, Louie Gohmert, and Steve King. I'll no longer have to read my kid bedtime stories; Carnival Cruz will do it for me on the taxpayer's dime!
Yeah, now you can rely upon government to even read your kids bedtime stories, just like most little Democrats.. They need tovernment to do everything for them..
He might while waiting for the GOP to listen to Cruz read them "Green Eggs and Ham" again.
I loved that he picked a book about an irate imbecile who adamantly declares again and again that he hates something that he's never tried. But in the end when he tries it he discovers he likes it after all. I cannot think of a more apt analogy to the Affordable Care Act.
Well, that's a complete crock. The bill was passed and signed into law over three years ago. The GOP are more than welcome to offer amendments to the law, and to introduce bills as such. It has nothing to do with the budget or the shutdown. They're just conflating the two things. And I hope Americans hold these losers 100% responsible for being intransigent s**theads.
You really think Reid would allow any Republican changes to ObamaCare?
Hell, the way our Congress is allowing this law to operate, it's not even a real law anymore, it's just dictates from on high, where anything and everything can change at a moments notice.
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