The U.S. government Friday moved one step closer to a possible shutdown, with the Senate rejecting a House-passed bill to continue funding the government in favor of a simpler alternative that did not interfere with ObamaCare.
The Senate sent to the House a “clean” continuing resolution that funds the government at current spending levels, $986 billion a year, through Nov. 15. The vote, 54 to 44, sends back a bill to the House that Speaker John Boehner has already said he will not accept. If the House and Senate do not reach agreement by Monday, parts of the federal government deemed “non-essential” will cease operation at midnight.
Before the vote, several senators said they have no idea what the House will now do. If it sends back a contentious rebuttal including, for example, a one-year delay of Obamacare’s individual mandate, the Senate and House will be hard pressed to avert the October 1 funding deadline. Some Democratic senators said they would not accept anything but their proposal’s approval from the House.
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"Some Democratic senators said they would not accept anything but their proposal’s approval from the House."
ReplyDeleteThat's the way its been all along... The Democrats want it their way or no way. Fuck 'em all.
Absolutely.
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ReplyDeletewow, no NSA spying on Americans, no IRS harassing Americans, no EPA shutting down power plants, No EPA not letting us "drill baby drill", no money being sent to the al queda, no F16s to the muslim brotherhood, no common core for our kids, no attack on Syria, no war in Afghanistan, no Homeland security to harass us at airports, no press telling us how great Obama is doing,
SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT DEAL TO ME....SHUT EM DOWN!!!!
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