jackconrad
12 years ago
Harry Reid Voted The Most Hated Congressional Leader :Blocked Funding For Vets And Don’t Care About Kids With Cancer
Posted on 9 October, 2013

via washingtonexaminer

Senate Democrats blocked four resolutions to fund government programs, including paying the National Guard and opening national parks, as Republicans offered the limited measures in an attempt to win the government shutdown fight by financing popular programs and leaving those they oppose untouched.

“Unbelievably, today Senate Democrats went on record to oppose funding for National Guard and Reserve salaries, veterans’ services, lifesaving medicine and cures, and national parks and museums,” Senate Republican Conference chairman John Thune, R-S.D., said in a release following the procedural battle.

“Congress unanimously passed a bill to ensure active-duty military personnel are paid during this lapse in government funding, and it’s unclear why Senate Democrats wouldn’t pass similar measures to fund these important services,” Thune said.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., asked for unanimous consent to pass funding for the Veterans Affairs Department and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, requested unanimous consent to pass a bill funding the national parks and monuments. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., rejected both.

“Senator Reid is countering Republicans’ UC request with a request to pass a clean [continuing resolution] that reopens the entire government,” Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson tweeted.

Thune offered a measure that would ensure the National Guard and Reserve units do not see their pay interrupted, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., called for the Senate to fund the National Institutes of Health. Sen. ****** Durbin, D-Ill., blocked the measures.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended the maneuvers during a press conference Thursday afternoon. “To fund these piecemeal bills would give Ted Cruz a veto power over what is funded and what isn’t,” Schumer said. “We are not going along with that — how could we?”



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DrafterX
12 years ago
That Bassard..!! 😠
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Taps86
12 years ago
LMAO!

Let's pick what we want. Right?



It makes me SICK seeing the GOP using the military as a Political PAWN when less then 20% of these Pen15 puffers have never served in the military.
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cacman
12 years ago
They want everything without compromise, while we get nothing.
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HockeyDad
12 years ago

They want everything without compromise, while we get nothing.

cacman wrote:




Sounds perfectly fair to the winning side.

(Note: Always be the winning side)
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RICKAMAVEN
12 years ago
President Obama has just authorised payment of the life insurane

for the 5 soldiers that wee killed a few days ago and other benifits

that the va will have to pay to families of men serving in the military.

he doesn't need harry reed's vote.
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Kidmd
12 years ago

LMAO!

Let's pick what we want. Right?



It makes me SICK seeing the GOP using the military as a Political PAWN when less then 20% of these Pen15 puffers have never served in the military.

Taps86 wrote:



Looks like it is the Dems not the GOP using our military as the pawn....they wanna make it hurt as bad a spossible just to get thier way...
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HockeyDad
12 years ago

President Obama has just authorised payment of the life insurane

for the 5 soldiers that wee killed a few days ago and other benifits

that the va will have to pay to families of men serving in the military.

he doesn't need harry reed's vote.

RICKAMAVEN wrote:




False. Obama signed a bill after Reid allowed it to go through
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DrMaddVibe
12 years ago

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/10/08/2-Billion-NSA-Spy-Center-Going-Flames

ZRX1200 wrote:




I LMMFAO when I read that story!

Talk about justice! I hope that place burns to the ground and the taxpayers get the money back for this undermining freedom spy factory!
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dstieger
12 years ago
Only Congress can vote to appropriate money to run the Federal government. They have chosen not to. When Congressmen get indignant about any government programs that aren't funded it is unfnbelievable.
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Taps86
12 years ago

Looks like it is the Dems not the GOP using our military as the pawn....they wanna make it hurt as bad a spossible just to get thier way...

Kidmd wrote:




Last I checked the GOP shut down the government over ObamaCare and had not a care in the world about anyone. They knew this would happen.


In my mind they should have went after entitlements. ACA is a LAW.
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HockeyDad
12 years ago

Last I checked the GOP shut down the government over ObamaCare and had not a care in the world about anyone. They knew this would happen.


In my mind they should have went after entitlements. ACA is a LAW.

Taps86 wrote:




Entitlements are law. Get you stinking hands off our entitlements.

What they should have done is raise taxes on people living in South Carolina.
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DrMaddVibe
12 years ago
What do we want...more vests...when do we want them...now.


Sorry, having a maven moment.
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dstieger
12 years ago
I agree, Taps.

By the way, why is the government still shut down, anyway? I haven't heard a peep about Obamacare for over a week. If it isn't an issue, pass a damn budget -- or at least a CR.

Also, by the way, DC is really getting the shaft here. This city is getting bent over when the ineptituded of the knuckleheads on the hill are preventing this city from spending its OWN TAX DOLLARS...more unfnbelievableness
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DrMaddVibe
12 years ago

I agree, Taps.

By the way, why is the government still shut down, anyway? I haven't heard a peep about Obamacare for over a week. If it isn't an issue, pass a damn budget -- or at least a CR.

Also, by the way, DC is really getting the shaft here. This city is getting bent over when the ineptituded of the knuckleheads on the hill are preventing this city from spending its OWN TAX DOLLARS...more unfnbelievableness

dstieger wrote:




As an American taxpayer...I demand a refund for them doing NOTHING! It's my money!

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DrafterX
12 years ago

As an American taxpayer...I demand a refund for them doing NOTHING! It's my money!

DrMaddVibe wrote:




It's been spent on lobsters at da Waldorf.... 🤐
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Buckwheat
12 years ago


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jackconrad wrote:



Why? All of this is just a political shadow play of absurdity put on to distract the citizens from our elected official's complete contempt of the general population and their own incompetence in performing the jobs that we elected and pay them to do.

Both sides only care about coming out of this shutdown and being able to proclaim that they have "won." All they care about is keeping their jobs, pay & power until they can retire on the government tit and become a lobbyist for a PAC and get the real payout.

Do you really think that any of these politicians give two squirts of piss for anyone who is out of work or not being paid during the shutdown? Notice that they are still getting paid to do nothing. 🐴

I wish I could put the "Sarcasm" smiley behind this post but that would just be too cynical.

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Taps86
12 years ago

Why? All of this is just a political shadow play of absurdity put on to distract the citizens from our elected official's complete contempt of the general population and their own incompetence in performing the jobs that we elected and pay them to do.

Both sides only care about coming out of this shutdown and being able to proclaim that they have "won." All they care about is keeping their jobs, pay & power until they can retire on the government tit and become a lobbyist for a PAC and get the real payout.

Do you really think that any of these politicians give two squirts of piss for anyone who is out of work or not being paid during the shutdown? Notice that they are still getting paid to do nothing. 🐴

I wish I could put the "Sarcasm" smiley behind this post but that would just be too cynical.

Buckwheat wrote:





AMEN!!!!!!!!!=d> =d> =d> =d>
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Gene363
12 years ago

Why? All of this is just a political shadow play of absurdity put on to distract the citizens from our elected official's complete contempt of the general population and their own incompetence in performing the jobs that we elected and pay them to do.

Both sides only care about coming out of this shutdown and being able to proclaim that they have "won." All they care about is keeping their jobs, pay & power until they can retire on the government tit and become a lobbyist for a PAC and get the real payout.

Do you really think that any of these politicians give two squirts of piss for anyone who is out of work or not being paid during the shutdown? Notice that they are still getting paid to do nothing. 🐴

I wish I could put the "Sarcasm" smiley behind this post but that would just be too cynical.

Buckwheat wrote:



+1,000,000 and anyone that believes otherwise is a moron.

If a meteor struck DC I would feel bad about losing the monuments and museums.
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