This is great. Republicans are utterly shameless in their hostage-taking, and this success is only going to encourage them further. No government is going to last long with an attitude like this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15065209
QuoteThe US Senate has passed a resolution that provides money to fund the US government and end fears of a shutdown.
Democrats have been opposing Republican demands to offset aid for US victims of natural disasters with cuts to clean energy programmes.
The deal was reached after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) said it had enough money to last until the end of the fiscal year on Friday.
The new funding will last until 18 November once passed by the House.
A short-term provision within the resolution allows the government to continue working until the House of Representatives, currently on break, can vote on the bill.
However, reports says the House may pass it through pro-forma vote, with only a few of the members present, before the end of the week.
The agreement appears to bring to an end the latest in a series of bipartisan disagreements that have paralysed Congress and exposed sharp differences between Republicans and Democrats.
"We've averted a disaster, until the next one," Democratic Senator Ben Nelson told Reuters news agency.
The debt ceiling issue will arise again during Obama's presidential run wont it?
Obviously the Republicans are going to try block that to effectively leverage him out of power but.... Wouldn't Obama also be able to lead a veto against raising the debt ceiling...
I propose that during his election run he should threaten to block the debt ceiling being raised along side the republicans, If he doesn't win his presidential run he can collapse the world economy out of spite.
If there was ever a worthy reason to collapse an world economy spite gets my vote :evil:
So, a FEMA accounting error prevented a government shutdown, not the Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen in Congress. Is that correct? If so then the party is only just starting.
Quote from: Cain on September 28, 2011, 10:13:25 AMRepublican demands to offset aid for US victims of natural disasters with cuts to clean energy programmes.
CUZ THEM NATURE THINGS ...
THERE MOST THE SAME THING ANYWAYS
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Quote from: Faust on September 28, 2011, 12:08:23 PM
The debt ceiling issue will arise again during Obama's presidential run wont it?
Spending reduction legislation has to be agreed by the 23rd of November and signed into law by the 23rd of December, this year. If Congress fails to create a bill, the ceiling automatically rises by $1.2 trillion.
I believe Obama is covered until his election is over, but after that, all bets are off.