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If Boehner can't get his bill to pass then his next step will be to resign as Speaker of the House. The Senate will then pass its own bill and it will pass the House with Democrats and moderate Republican support. The Republicans will throw the Tea Party under the bus to spare the economy.
If Boehner can't get his bill to pass then his next step will be to resign as Speaker of the House. The Senate will then pass its own bill and it will pass the House with Democrats and moderate Republican support. The Republicans will throw the Tea Party under the bus to spare the economy.
That would be a nice thing to have happen. I think the McConnell plan is going to be the plan they go with or no plan at all.
That would be a nice thing to have happen. I think the McConnell plan is going to be the plan they go with or no plan at all.
The problem with House Republicans isn't leadership, it's structural. Who ever takes the Speaker position will inherit the same problems and the same set of no-win solutions.
The McConnell Plan will pass with zero support from the Tea Party; it will need Democrat support and they will extract their price to get it passed.
The problem with House Republicans isn't leadership, it's structural. Who ever takes the Speaker position will inherit the same problems and the same set of no-win solutions.
The McConnell Plan will pass with zero support from the Tea Party; it will need Democrat support and they will extract their price to get it passed.
They will pass it. It is a do nothing plan. It is all political. The only thing that McConnell's bill does is allow the Republican's to say the President voted on raising the debt ceiling and they did not vote for it. It is the only plan that allows them to save face.
2008 United States federal budget (October 2007-September 2008), by president George W. Bush:
Total expenditures - $2.9 trillion
2009 United States federal budget (October 2008-September 2009), by president George W. Bush:
Total expenditures - $3.107 trillion
2010 United States federal budget (October 2009-September 2010), by president Barack Obama:
Total expenditures - $3.552 trillion
2011 United States federal budget (October 2010-September 2011), by president Barack Obama:
Total expenditures - $3.82 trillion
The simple question is: why isn't possible to go back to a budget with $2.9 trillion in total expenditures, just like the 2008 federal budget?
Why not?
I do not know where you are getting your information, but there was no federal budget passed by Congress in FY2011, or FY2010, or FY2009, or FY2008. The last federal budget that was enacted into law was in 2006 for FY2007 by a Republican controlled Congress.
For the last four years the federal government has been running under Continuing Resolutions, Omnibus, and Supplemental bills. Which explains why deficits have skyrocketed since 2007.
Secondly, the House originates all federal budgets, not the Senate and not the President. The Senate may amend budget bills, like any other bill, and the President may veto any or all of the budget bills, but it originates with the House.
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