Gov Shutdown cost economy 24 BILLION YEE HAW! Thank you SO CALLED fiscal conservatives

Three days before a partial Homeland Security shutdown, lawmakers cleared the way Wednesday for Senate passage of legislation to fund the agency without immigration-related provisions opposed by President Barack Obama. Approval in the Senate would send the issue to the House, where some conservatives derided the plan as a surrender to the White House. Other Republicans predicted it would clear, but Speaker John Boehner declined to say if he would put it to a vote. "I'm waiting for the Sen ...

I blame the Mayans! We all thought the world was going to end in 2012, darn it. ...

find out how much we really know. The test is about 2 or 3 paragraphs down in the article. Article adds nothing new, but the quiz was quite enlightening. You can just do the quiz, don't have to sign up or give email for results or anything like that. Try it, let us know how you did. I got 8 out of 12. LOL ...

I’m opposed to an automatic debt limit extension that President Obama wants. You can’t let a President have the power over raising the debt limit because it would weaken the power of Congress. The President would be able to raise the debt limit every time he felt it would be necessary without a balanced budget or spending cuts. There would be a point where the country would be unable to pay the debt back and we would be another Greece. I’m hoping The GOP sticks to their guns ab ...

That's the one that says unless we have a minority of a minority vote, we cannot bring bills up for vote....even a minority of one. Seems former SOH Dennis Hastert is trying to distance himself from this current debacle some are trying to carry out in his name. Says the Hastert Rule "never really existed" (LOL). It was characterized as a guideline he went by, and specified a simply majority of 218 being the number he worked with during his SOH tenure. He went on to s ...

House Republicans Changed The Rules So A Majority Vote Couldn't Stop The Government Shutdown Posted: 10/13/2013 11:27 pm EDT | Updated: 10/14/2013 12:40 pm EDT In its effort to extract concessions from Democrats in exchange for opening the government, the GOP has faced a fundamental strategic obstacle: They don't have the votes. A majority of the members of the House have gone on record saying that if they were given the oppo ...

[These quotes were compiled by Mother Jones Magazine, which does graciously allow Senator Cruz the last word.] Fighting words on the right in the wake of the debt ceiling and government shutdown crises. —By Dana Liebelson | Thu Oct. 17, 2013 11:38 AM PDT 181 Mørkvoß/Flickr and Rona Proudfoot/Flickr The just-concluded government shutdown and debt ceiling crisisrevealed a deep and profound split within Republican ranks, as tea party crusa ...

National Fiscal Hypocrisy Week Robert Reich, professor of public policy | 11/29/10 | 4 comments | Leave a comment Robert Reich Welcome to National Fiscal Hypocrisy Week. Today (Monday), Congress takes up a measure delaying by one month a scheduled 23% cut in federal reimbursements to doctors. The cut will automatically go into effect unless Congress acts. But of course Congress will act. Doctors threaten to drop Medicare patients if their rates are cut. Congress has delayed scheduled M ...

I don't know, the looming fiscal cliff isn't keeping me from shopping. But sheer exhaustion might. ...

Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Irresponsibility By Josh Barro Dec 3, 2012 7:35 PM ET After the Republicans' counteroffer on the fiscal cliff today, ABC's Jake Tapper tweeted a response from a senior White House official: "if GOP doesnt agree to higher rates for top 2%, we'll go over the cliff and the American people will hold them responsible." This is a hugely irresponsible threat from President Barack Obama's administration. &nbs ...

by Edward Morrissey "Relentless Incompetence: Americans Are Giving Up on Obama. Over the last several months, the American public has had a hard and clear look at the executive talent inside the White House, and has begun to despair for real leadership and competence. When leadership fails, people stop following. It appears in the sixth year of the Barack Obama presidency, that moment has arrived." ...

Petitioning The U.S. Senate Help me fight cancer and stop the shutdown Petition by Michelle Langbehn Auburn, CA My name is Michelle and while the government is shut down, my cancer continues. When the government closed late Monday night, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was set to review my medical files to possibly be entered into a clinical trial for a new medication that cou ...

Some Dems: drive over 'fiscal cliff,' then bargain By ANDREW TAYLOR AND CHARLES BABINGTONASSOCIATED PRESS – published Wednesday, November 14, 2012 WASHINGTON — Some Democrats are pushing an unorthodox idea for coping with the “fiscal cliff”: Let the government go over, temporarily at least, to give their party more bargaining leverage for changes later on. The idea has plenty of skeptics, and the White House regards it frostily. But it i ...

I don't know who wrote the below blog but the people behind Fixthedebt.org are listed on the link below. On the right side is where you can sign the petition. They have collected 311,203 signatures out of 400,000. So … how do we reduce the debt, encourage growth, and protect the most vulnerable better than would be achieved by going over the fiscal cliff? This is what Fix the Debt has aimed to achieve since day 1. Some would have you believe that F ...

Note: During Boehner's statement, he said, "We don't have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem." Obama said they are close. There is NO agreement as of yet. Democrats are still at $33B. The White House is insisting the top number is $73B but that ALSO includes the $43B already cut in the short term budgets to keep the government running. The budget cuts the Democrats want are not cuts at all according to the Republicans. "It's just smoke and mirrors." It looks lik ...

Obama Administration sent a letter to Ryan informing him that budget would be late due to the fact that things needed to be factored in after the fiscal cliff issue was resolved. Link below. Ryan seemed all surprised today and said he didn't know when they'd receive a budget from Obama, when the letter clearly stated it was going to be late, why it was late, and that they'd get it to him asap. Also, W2s and 1099s and other forms necessary to file taxes were also del ...

[Or as another GOP Senator who supports shutting down the government, no matter how many people it hurts, puts it: “It’s mostly symbolic,” Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma said recently. “We want to have something out there so people continue to talk about it.... That’s a way of keeping the issue alive.... Yes, the increasing acceptance of healthcare reform is a problem for them.] A Friendly Reminder That Defunding Obamacare Won’t Stop the Law B ...

in Austin, Texas shocked his 50 employees by paying their full salaries during a five-month period when the business shut down. Jeff Glover, who has operated the Chick-fil-A for 15 years, wanted to remodel the building to accommodate more customers, but didn’t want to hurt his workers. So he continued paying them for the full five months. The restaurant, which reopened this week at West Braker Lane and U.S. 183, is now the largest Chick-fil-A in Austin–and surely the chicken retailer ...

(I.e., game change! :) By James Fallows "... Please print out this passage from Green's Bloomberg Businessweek article so that you can refer to it each time you read a story about Obama's showdown with the Republican forces in the House. Despite their post-election tough talk, Republican leaders have dealt themselves a lousy hand. Obama can propose a "middle-class tax cut" for the 98 percent of American households earning less than $250,000 a ...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BUDGET_BATTLE_OBAMA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-02-28-13-04-31 ...

After gunmen attacked a satirical French newspaper on Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Republicans won't back away from a fight over immigration that risks halting funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "I believe that the president's executive actions with regard to immigration are outside of the Constitution and outside of his powers, and I believe that we can deal with that issue in the Department of Homeland Security bill without jeopard ...

That's what has been spent so far on getting Obamacare up and running, including the website, fixes to the website (which still isn't fixed), IRS crosschecking, etc. That's alot of money - $2,100,000,000.00. With 8,000,000 signed up, what does that come out to per person? Somebody do the math.....I can't find a calculator big enough - but if I drop the 6 zeros and do 2100 divided by 8 - that comes to 262 - add the 6 zeroes back in - $262,000,000 - is that right ...

BAGHDAD – The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war ravaged nation, according to an audit released Tuesday. The report by the U.S. Special Investigator for Iraq Reconstruction offers a compelling look at continued laxness in how such funds were being spent in a country where people complain basic services like electricity and clean water are sharply lacking seven years af ...

Seriously, what will it take for our lawmakers to READ the bill before they vote yes or no? I don't about you, but I'm pretty sick and tired of these "glitches" and "surprises" they keep finding. March 2010, Nancy Pelosi: "We need to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it." http://blogs.forbes.com/aroy/2011/06/21/the-450-billion-glitch-3-million-extra-middle-class-americans-eligible-for-medicaid-benefits/ The $450 Billion Glitch: 3 Million Ex ...

Is this part of the TARP money or does she think it's going to magically appear? ISLAMABAD – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Monday to convince skeptical Pakistanis that American interest in their country extends beyond the fight against Islamist militants by announcing a raft of new aid projects worth $500 million. The projects, which include hospitals and new dams for badly needed electricity, are part of a $7.5 billion aid effort to win over Pakistan ...

The Obama administration on Tuesday backed a proposal to spend up to $6 billion more on subsidies for electric vehicles, amid renewed interest on Capitol Hill in measures to cut petroleum consumption in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Okay...so more money being spent by the govt. We do not have the money to spend on this. Some cons to the electric car: Current batteries have relatively short trip capacity.Recharge time can be hours, so you don't just stop at the station f ...

My bad if this has been posted before. It was news to me. ...

This week, the Obama administration quietly released $1.5 billion in foreign aid to the new Egyptian government, now dominated by a Brotherhood-led coalition in parliament — soon to be joined by an Ikhwan (i.e., Brotherhood) luminary as president. ...

Gov Shutdown cost economy 24 BILLION YEE HAW! Thank you SO CALLED fiscal conservatives

It also slowed national recovery and growth, so there's - a much larger cost growing there. nm

Obamacare will cost a lot more than that!!!!! - Speaking of a sham!! (ticked!) nm

Will it cost $24 billion in 16 days? - Don't. Think. So.

He's flying everywhere all over the country and to (sm) - get a grip

I meant he's flying so-called experts. He's golfing. - me

Can't decide which false bash to use while POTUS gives - weekly address?

Don't listen to the MSM, watch your local news, - they are seeing what's happening. nm

It's not MSM, it's S&P. It's 24B loss to our economy and affected GDP as well. - sm for link

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