Tea Party, Some Republicans Unhappy with Short-term Spending Vote
Looks like Boehner is finding out that the big gavel job wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be. The short-term spending vote passed today to keep the government running for 3 weeks. 54 legislators voted NO in united protest against the Continuing Resolution (CR).
Boehner said these short-term spending measures already succeeded in cutting $10B. “It’s a small down payment on our commitment to the American people that we have real fiscal responsibility,” he said.
That didn’t placate the Tea Party at all.
Mike Pence a representative from Indiana said, “Things don’t change in Washington until they have to. It’s time to pick a fight.”
Judson Phillips, the grand poobah of the Tea Party Nation wrote, “The next continuing resolution is where the Tea Party movement needs to make its stand. Either we see hundreds of billions in cuts or we shut the government down. It has come to that.”
Oh boy. Today’s passage just bought you 3 weeks, Speaker Boehner. Chamomile Tea is really good for soothing nerves. Just don’t drink it if any one of the 54 offers it to you.
March 15th, 2011 at 5:30 PM
It was nice to see Judson Phillips “Tea Party Nation” get hacked by the group “Anonymous”. The Tea Party is just a bunch of whack jobs that want to go back 200+ years, and breathe and eat by candle lights.
March 15th, 2011 at 6:02 PM
I heard about that attack. That “group” whoever they are targets all kinds of sites – even the Church of Scientology.
March 16th, 2011 at 1:24 AM
The TP…..think about that…..TP is also short hand for toilet paper….just saying……
The TP seems to be Hell bent on a shut down but what would that cost the American people?
http://lobotero.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/what-price-a-shut-down/
March 16th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
I believe they honestly don’t care. I’ve heard it on the Mark Levin show and have read it elsewhere. He said something like this isn’t 1994, Obama. I suppose he’s referring to the triangulation thing. It’s going to hurt a lot, as your post pointed out. I didn’t even think about tax season being affected. So much for that we the people crap.
March 16th, 2011 at 11:03 PM
Teabaggers are good for Progressives and Democrats. They just need to keep going and blowing their airhead BS and the Dems should do just fine in 2012.
Paul Begala said last night on Bill Maher that he would pay Michele Bachman’s filing fee if she would run for President.
March 17th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
ITA. Haha wow. I love Paul Begala. He’s hilarious, and it’s always fun when he’s on Bill Maher’s panel.
March 17th, 2011 at 7:57 AM
Boehner doesn’t need a cup of tea – he’s already drunk the corporatocracy Kool-Aid.
March 17th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Yeah, that’s true. Long time ago, too.