TPM has gathered a list of Republican members of Congress raising the possibility that John Boehner could see his short time as Speaker of the House come to an end in 2012: “He’s (Boehner) got a big problem when he comes back,” one anonymous congressman claimed. “He may have a hard time keeping his Speakership […]
Boehner just announced that they will agree to the two month extension, while he held back tears (seriously – it looked like they were ready to come out!). Here’s what it is: The House will agree to the Senate bill by anonymous consent The Senate will immediately appoint conferees to hammer out the differences towards […]
Today is d-day, as in debt: The U.S. government is expected to hit the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling Monday, setting in motion an uncertain, 11-week political scramble to avoid a default. The Treasury Department plans to announce Monday it will stop issuing and reinvesting government securities in certain government pension plans, part of a series […]
10. I am really looking forward to nonstop investigations of President Obama over the next two years. 9. It will make Sarah Palin proud. 8. Majority Leader Mitch has a real jazzy sound to it. 7. Insurance companies should have the right to deny coverage to anyone and jack up the prices whenever they want. […]
Yesterday Bob Dole joined a growing number of big name Republicans in supporting the health care bill: “Sometimes people fight you just to fight you,” he said, according to The Kansas City Star. “They don’t want Reagan to get it, they don’t want Obama to get it, so we’ve got to kill it…” “Health care […]
This is making a lot of news right now, so I got to ask this – are you shocked? Boehner didn’t hold a single townhall during August. Instead he chose to speak to a gathering of tea baggers. Yeah there is a lot of support there. How about Boehner’s constituents contacting his office? Well I […]
With all the focus on Rep. Grayson telling it like it is, that Republicans want you to die quick if you fall ill, it’s time to focus on what he said is exactly right. Enter Mitch McConnell: Satisfying every Republican demand short of scrapping the entire project, said Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), would still […]
Following Boehner’s having to walk back remarks he made this weekend about stimulus money not being spent in Ohio the DNC has launched a new ad: The most disturbing thing is that the local media isn’t covering this. If you relied upon the news in Boehner’s own district you wouldn’t hear about it. Its this […]
Everyone remembers the SCHIP debacle last year. Polls showed overwhelming support amongst Americans for the popular program that provides healthcare to children, but Republicans still killed the legislation. Well it is back up, and it looks like the Republicans will really lose out: Republicans appear to have overplayed their hand when blocking the expansion of […]
That’s how John McCain characterized getting the troops out of Iraq today: First it was 100 years in Iraq, then it became “out by 2013” and now we get “it’s not that important”. This ranks right up there with Boehner’s characterizing the dead soldiers as a “small price to pay”. It might not be important […]