Thank you for the agenda-pushing insults because it made me stop reading the s*** today.
"GOP plan on debt gets push in House; Leaders press case before a vote today; Boehner proposal unlikely to pass Senate" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff / July 28, 2011
WASHINGTON - House Republicans began coalescing yesterday around House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to avoid default on the national debt, saying the very future of their party was at stake in the fight, even as Senate Democrats said the bill stands no chance of passing their chamber.
A day after Boehner’s plan encountered stiff resistance from conservatives in his own party, House Republicans held an emotional closed-door meeting where leadership pressured members to vote for the speaker’s proposal when it comes to the floor today. The legislation would raise the debt ceiling in two steps, now and early next year, and make offsetting spending cuts over the next decade.
In a caucus that is divided between Tea Party-backed insurgents who want more cuts and more moderate Republicans who want to project a united front....
Also see: Insurgents vs. Incumbents
Well, I guess we all know where the agenda-pushing AmeriKan media stands.
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Related:
Brown sticks with reticence on proposals
Globe Editorial Boehner can’t please Tea Party, but bipartisan deal could work
Also see:
Debt Decision Day
Debt Distraction
There Truly is a Sucker Born Every Day
So am I for buying and reading a Globe.
