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You ask why I go on with personal attacks, and then you come back saying something so ridiculously dumb.
First, No Congress is NOT majority Republicans.. The HOUSE is.. The Senate is Democrats.. Both branches are EQUAL. And when the PRESIDENT signs the bills into law, HE HOLDS RESPONSIBILITY..
You mean, the committe, CREATED BY OBAMA..
Sheesh, I give up.
I think you're getting yourself all worked up for nothing anyway, President Obama hasn't signed any defunding of FEMA as yet, we'll see what happens when the sequester takes place.
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Absolutely. Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better.
"Instead of thinking in the federal budget, what we should cut-we should ask ourselves the opposite question. What should we keep?
Citizens in the Northeast aren't turning on their TVs, if they have electricity, to hear Mr. Obama opine about subway flooding. They're tuning in to hear Governor Chris Christie talk about the damage to the Jersey shore, Mayor Mike Bloomberg tell them when bus service might resume in New York City, and Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy say when the state's highways might reopen.
We're talking about two different things. You referred to the budget, which we do not have as the senate has repeatedly not even brought it to the floor. Your article is in reference to the super committee (bi-partisan) that couldn't come up with a viable solutions of badly needed cuts which is automatically forcing cuts across the board. Again, the onus was on congress and not the president to work together for the betterment of all. They (congress) couldn't do that. So again, even in this case, separation of powers apply and it's tripping you up.
We're talking about two different things. You referred to the budget, which we do not have as the senate has repeatedly not even brought it to the floor. Your article is in reference to the super committee (bi-partisan) that couldn't come up with a viable solutions of badly needed cuts which is automatically forcing cuts across the board. Again, the onus was on congress and not the president to work together for the betterment of all. They (congress) couldn't do that. So again, even in this case, separation of powers apply and it's tripping you up.
The artical references OBAMA SIGNING THE BILL..
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Originally Posted by padcrasher
The sequester is going to happen because the GOP refuses to moderately raise taxes on the wealthy.
Case closed.
Lie, the sequester is going to happen because GOVERNMENT OVERSPENDS
Lie, the sequester is going to happen because GOVERNMENT OVERSPENDS
sequester transparency yes, an actual budget NO. Still, separation of powers is tripping you up. The super committee were to meet and come up with a gameplan (super committee consisted of members of congress). They met, argued along party lines and nothing happened. THAT triggered the automatic cuts that's across the board. The Sequester Transparency Bill is only giving a glimpse of what is getting cut. So again you are blaming the administration for cuts across the board that congress failed to rectify. So still your beef is with Congress, not the president.
Q. What is sequestration? (Pronounced se″kwes-tra´shun)
A. Sequestration is a fiscal policy procedure adopted by Congress to deal with the federal budget deficit. It first appeared in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act of 1985.
Simply put, sequestration is the cancellation of budgetary resources -- an "automatic" form of spending cutback. (Learn more here.)
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Q. Why is sequestration important now? A. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) established a 12 member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (or “super committee”) charged with reducing the deficit by an additional $1.2 - $1.5 trillion over ten years. The BCA also included a sequestration hammer should the super committee fail, a provision intended to “force” the super committee to act.
Despite the threat of sequestration, the super committee failed. Announcing its inability to reach an agreement on November 21, 2011, the members of the bipartisan committee stated that "after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee's deadline."
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Q. Can the Executive Branch reconfigure sequestration cuts?
A. No. The cuts are automatic, across-the-board reductions to all discretionary programs unless exempted by the BCA. (A list of exempt programs is available here.) The Executive Branch will have no authority or ability to redistribute the cuts.
sequester transparency yes, an actual budget NO. Still, separation of powers is tripping you up. The super committee were to meet and come up with a gameplan (super committee consisted of members of congress). They met, argued along party lines and nothing happened. THAT triggered the automatic cuts that's across the board. The Sequester Transparency Bill is only giving a glimpse of what is getting cut. So again you are blaming the administration for cuts across the board that congress failed to rectify. So still your beef is with Congress, not the president.
Not likely the sequester will happen. However, may not be resolved until after new year and tax cuts are expired for a short term. That will allow for some Repubs to get out from under the Norsquirt thumb and come to an agreement for the long term that is more balanced.
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