House Debt Ceiling Vote Delayed: Boehner Down To The Wire With Vote Count…
(Politico) — House Republican leaders have delayed a vote on Speaker John Boehner’s package to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, at the tail end of a long day of vote counting.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-Va.) office says the vote will still be held Thursday evening, but the delay may be an indication the votes aren’t totally locked down for passage.
For hours, Boehner has been engaged in intense one-on-one meetings with Republicans in an effort to win today’s fight.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, a conservative Texas Republican, emerged from Boehner’s suite of offices — which include Cantor’s space — and said he is a “bloody, beaten-down no.”
Several sources say the South Carolina delegation — which includes five Republicans — could be key in getting the vote across the finish line. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) visited the leadership office suite in the Capitol Thursday evening.
In the closing hours before a critical debt-limit vote, the speaker was pulling Republicans off the floor and meeting with them in his ceremonial office on the second floor of the Capitol as he tries to make sure he has at least 217 votes to pass his deficit package.
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Grow a pair and shut the gubmint down.
The Won has a birthday party to go to.
Where is the Donks plan in writing?
The Farooking Won has threatened to withhold my Military retired check, which I and others earned.
The looters and moochers don’t have any skin in the game while the entitlement allowance created by LBJ’s Great Society and Plantation of Dependency remains untouched.
we conservatives are about to get rolled….. its vote for the plan NOW and Reid and Boehnar will fix it later . It too much to take !!!!
Mark Levin is saying that this Boehner deal is a vehicle to save Reid and barry. If it passes, it goes to the Senate where the Dem’s will make it worse than it already is. Then it will go back to the House where Boehner will apply the same pressure. We will end up with the debt ceiling lifted to 17 trillion with NO effective cuts.
This is beyond depressing. I talked to a bunch of colleagues today and everyone said the same thing. We all agreed that we are definitely worse off than when barry took office. We are working much harder for a lot less money.
G-d bless Louie Gohmert. He’s usually under the radar but always voting the correct way. Hang tough, Rep. Gohmert. Your constituents will thank you in ’12. Most of your colleagues won’t be able to say that.
Pubs and Dems are no longer working for the taxpayer. The taxpayers are working for the federal government. To get these career fucks out, we need to install term limits. No more that two years, that’s it. Once you leave, don’t come back, like in working as a lobbyist. No more of that bullshit. It’s the only way to get our out of control federal government under control. Depressing times for sure.
Don’t give up yet. It’s not a done deal.
Meanwhile NPR continues with the Tea Party demonization:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/07/28/138799703/boehner-speakership-hits-rough-tea-party-waters
Sadly, many Americans don’t get it. Smoke and mirrors, fake “crisis” mode….the usual scenario, set for them to push through something meaningless or even harmful. Let’s hope the real conservatives hang on tight. This has got to be very hard for them.
Aren’t we conservatives proud of OUR team in the House and Senate!!?
Mock the Dems all you want….but those bastards get things DONE. We
had the House, Senate, and Presidency in the early 2000s….and got
diddly-squat. Boehner, McConnell, McCain et. al. deserve a special
place in Hell….they’re more into wanting to be accepted by the MSM
than wanting to go into battle and take NO prisoners. “Primary” them
all!
i told everyone to stand behing Boehner and give him a chance, now he proves me wrong and he fucks it all up. we had all the momentum when we passed CC&B but apparently that was just a show because both he and Reid tabled it immediately so that he could work on his “new” plan. now its the democrats and ruling class rinos and the media vs. the tea party. everyone told me he would cave and he did. now he has a revolt in the house. just great.
If all human life is dependent on government (as the left implies), then how did the first humans survive without it?
- There were no city services
- There were no pension plans
- There were no government regulations to let them know which foods would make their butts big
How did people manage?
How did Americans manage for over 200 years, if health care is essential for survival, without a national health care plan?
Does the left ever create a program that the public isn’t in dire need of?
Does government serve the people’s needs, or do the people serve the government’s needs?
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You know, I’m getting real tired of being played like a cheap pawn shop guitar by these people.
@gastor
The people serve the government’s needs and all those who faithfully delivery the vote to the scum buckets in government (both fucking parties).
LET (US THE TAXPAYERS) VOTE ON THIS AND SEE WERE IT GOES THAT MY FRIENDS IS THE ONLY FARE WAY TO GET THIS BUDGET/DEBT FAIR AND BALANCED
I’m so fucking tired of our so-called representatives. My Rep in the House, whom I helped get in office by running a website against his primary opponent, has just told me to piss off in a letter back to me; subject the debt. In the letter he said he would not vote to kill the government with so many bullshit reasons that are nothing but lies. And this cocksucker courted the Tea Party and met in secret with us several times. Now, this sumbitch is just like the others – playing the game for his interest which is always a 2nd term. If I have anything to do with it, his ass will be gone November 2012, you can’t trust anyone in Congress now!
Fuck all of them!
With s#&t-head McCain as the “conscience” of the Senate Pubs…
and most-loved Pub by the media, (UNTIL he ran against Obama),
we (conservatives) are shooting a game of nine-ball with the Dems
with both hands tied behind our back. Ferchrissssakes, the Dems
pass OBAMACARE!… and we can’t even face up to Obama’s profligate
spending, after he’s bankrupted the USofA!!!
BOHICA.
Have you guys thought of waterboarding to get the results you want.
It’s only a fraternity prank (as per Rush) and it seemed to work on the most hardened terrorists according to you dumbasses.
Just askin.
I am supported the Boehner Plan. I agree with Rep. Allen West of Florida and Rush Limbaugh. The Tea Party, Michelle Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, and others are going to have big problem. The Tea Party are loser and have damage already. The Tea Party like to complaining and whining all the time. I am not the member of the Tea Party. I am a Reagan Conservative of the Republican Party. If the Republican Party don’t turn thing around, they will lose in 2012 and it look like that Obama is going back to lived in the White House next four more years during his second term.
“The Tea Party are loser and have damage already”.
Thanks “m” for sharing but I think you the loser and have much damage already.
English much?
I am an independent AND marched with the tea party. I voted for Reagan, both Bush’s and against Slick Willy, Al Bore and Lurch. I’ve stood strong on the conservative side.
If Boehner’s bill passes ALL of the blame for a default would be on the dems and they know it. However, if it does not, obama gets re-elected because he and his party own the media. The republicans are down to one last vote to either maintain the high ground or lose the war. I’ve been wrong before, but that’s how I see it. I hope I’m wrong.
“m”, I love all these new converts to Reagan. What was your favorite bill that Reagan signed? I’d love to know. Define the “Reagan Doctrine.”
Next time, have your Progressive friends write this for you so it’s a little more believable.
clayusmcret,
Seriously, how in the hell can you be an independent?
You’re just too cowardly to own up to being a republican like the rest of the idiot teabaggers, I think.
Or could you please share just how the heck one comes to be an independent?
Thanks in advance.
Texmom says:
July 28, 2011 at 9:23 pm
“m”, I love all these new converts to Reagan. What was your favorite bill that Reagan signed?
My least favorite was when Reagan raised the self employment tax from 11.4 % to 15.3 %. About 1985.
A 35% increase! He’d be teabagged out of the GOP today!
Do you realize how stupid you look? I guess not. Well, it’s always good to know that, just when my Democratic Party looks like they are too stupid to breathe, your Republican party does ‘em one better. If the government starts shutting down over this, the Republicans will have signed their political death warrant for a long time.
Ka-blooey, cannibals!
Way to kick off the thread with nonsense and then racism
“Dapandico says:
July 28, 2011 at 7:13 pm
The Farooking Won has threatened to withhold my Military retired check, which I and others earned.
The looters and moochers don’t have any skin in the game while the entitlement allowance created by LBJ’s Great Society and Plantation of Dependency remains untouched.”
Dapy needs him his guvmit welfare! He earned those benefits unlike all them “looters” Someone, PLEASE, get him his guvmit cheese
Texmom, weasel zippers are the hard core of the moron right. They cannot be reasoned with and they cannot understand the past.
jharp,
I originated in Ky. No matter how one votes, if you wanted a job you registered democrat. However, even as a registered democrat my first vote was for President Ford. From 76-2005 I stayed a registered democrat, the party meaning nothing to me as long as I voted conservative. Then in 2007, the democrats committed treason by trying to lose the war in Iraq; including obama. From that point on I’ve been a registered Independent. Except for my absolute disdain for the party of treason (democrats) the party names mean nothing to me. We should have two-term term limits and get rid of the parties altogether. However, since that’s not going to happen I’ll keep voting for republicans until the party of treason finally expires.
Now, if you’re done throwing nasty names, I’ve got my congressman to contact again.
clayusmcret says:”Then in 2007, the democrats committed treason by trying to lose the war in Iraq;”
You are a fucking idiot and too cowardly to admit what you are.
You are what the GOP call it’s base. A stupid fucking redneck who has no idea what is going on but hates Muslims.
How did people manage?
By living in caves, at the edge of starvation, with a life expectancy of 30 years. You want that? Fine. Move to Africa.
Boehner is a pussy and needs to be run out of town.
Boner and the republitards will be blamed no matter what, so why not do what is right for the country? Ya might possibly come out like a rose.
Why are they scrambling to pass something that has already been turned down by harry?
I wonder if all the secret closed door meetings this shit was planned and they are playing the drama out to make it look good.
Why are they scrambling to pass something that has already been turned down by harry?
Pure theatre. But it only works if they pass it, which they won’t, the idiots.
jharp:
You are one insightful dude. Good to have your kind of lib-slop smeared
wherever your typing fingers take you. Is Bammy’s stash funding you?…
or do you take psychiatrist-recommended breaks from mental masturbation
to log on and teach the world the Truth…? You’d have to get an affirmative-
action diploma from Harvard for me to consider you qualified as
highly as a “redneck”. Your monthly gummint check is in your mailbox….
time to go fetch it and send it to Bammy fo’ his Birfday!
jharp,
Thought we were having a rational conversation. My bad.
clayusmcret says:
July 29, 2011 at 5:58 am
jharp,
Thought we were having a rational conversation.
clayusmcret says:”Then in 2007, the democrats committed treason by trying to lose the war in Iraq;”
No dumbass. Accusing democrats of treason and of trying to lose the war in Iraq is not rational.
Not even for the teabaggers.
jharp, just another Obot tool. A particular bad one at that.
http://www.google.com/search?q=jharp&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=jharp&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=blg&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wb&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=abb1f03500b21ec4&biw=1112&bih=664