Perchoutofwater Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Congress punts on tough choices until after the election. A deeply unpopular Congress is bolting for the campaign trail without finishing its most basic job - approving a budget for the government year that begins on Friday. Lawmakers also are postponing a major fight over taxes, two embarrassing ethics cases and other political hot potatoes until angry and frustrated voters render their verdict in the Nov. 2 elections...... They also head home without what was supposed to be their closing argument of the campaign, an extension of Bush-era tax cuts for families making less than $250,000. Republicans and a few Democrats urged Congress to preserve the tax cuts for all Americans, even the wealthiest. Democratic leaders opted to avoid the risk of being branded tax hikers and punted the matter until after the elections. Republicans applied the label anyway, scolding Democrats for folding the tent without voting on extending former President George W. Bush's tax cuts beyond their Dec. 31 expiration. A motion to adjourn upon completing routine business passed by a single vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's, after 39 Democrats joined Republicans in protest.......... Only two of a dozen annual appropriations bills have passed the House this year and none has passed the Senate as Democratic leaders have opted against lengthy floor debates and politically difficult votes on spending. Apparently trying to get re-elected is more important than doing the job they were originally elected to do for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirehairman Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Apparently trying to get re-elected is more important than doing the job they were originally elected to do for some. Always has been, on both sides of the aisle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Congress punts on tough choices until after the election. Apparently trying to get re-elected is more important than doing the job they were originally elected to do for some. Well at least we can still eat shark fin soup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveby Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Well at least we can still eat shark fin soup... “Because of a loophole in the existing law, animals are still caught, their fins are severed and the dismembered shark is thrown back in the ocean to die,” said Reid. “But they don’t die. They suffer a horrible and protracted death. All that cruelty for a bowl of soup.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Always has been, on both sides of the aisle. wurd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Mean old Tom Coburn can't live without his shark fin soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Mean old Tom Coburn can't live without his shark fin soup. I think mean old Tom Coburn is objecting to the senate's agenda, and rightly so. There are a lot more important things to consider right now than sharks. Unfortunately the left in Washington is unwilling to take action on them until after the election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I think mean old Tom Coburn is objecting to the senate's agenda, and rightly so. There are a lot more important things to consider right now than sharks. Unfortunately the left in Washington is unwilling to take action on them until after the election. It is amazing that after two years of inactivity, all of a sudden the right wants to "get to work". Cowardly politics for both parties, as usual. The left going back to re-election campaigns without trying to pass a budget (cause I am suuuure the right would have worked together on that issue ) and the right somehow pretending that they were all for passing a budget and all of a sudden starting to work, when they want to get back to campaign just as badly. Why wouldnt the right WANT to wait to pass this? Arent they supposed to sweep the elections and regain control of BOTH houses of Congress? Doesnt that HELP their agenda to wait for a majority? Stupid on the left for not trying to pass something and then being able to point to the right if they dont agree, and stupid on the right for making a stink about it when it HELPS their cause to postpone until after they get a decided advantage in negotiating with more Congressional seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 It is amazing that after two years of inactivity, all of a sudden the right wants to "get to work". Somebody should send a memo to Jim Demint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveby Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Mean old Tom Coburn can't live without his shark fin soup. this But they don’t die. They suffer a horrible and protracted death. Who's dumber? Harry or Biden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 It's politics. Nobody really wins. We just lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 It's politics. Nobody really wins. We just lose. we must like losing, cause we dont want to change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Well I'm glad they at least passed legislation to cap volume of commercials, now if they would just pass legislation capping spending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 What was it Franklin said about when people realize they can vote themselves money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 What was it Franklin said about when people realize they can vote themselves money? Oh so true Perch . . . oh so true . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 What was it Franklin said about when people realize they can vote themselves money? Oh so true Perch . . . oh so true . . . sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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