Optimistic x1: Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of W Virginia says we're "70-80% there to ending the shut
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[quote]CNN) – The Senate is 70% to 80% close to a deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, said Monday on CNN's "New Day."
"I think we're 70%-80% there, putting the extra 20-25% to it," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "When should the (continuing resolution) come due, when should the debt ceiling come due, and does that give that time for the budget conference, the budget committees to sit down and work through this? Those are the details that have to be worked out."[/quote]
[url]http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/14/manchin-senate-is-70-80-close-to-a-deal/?hpt=hp_t1[/url]
Oh cool, it took them 14 days to get to 80%. By that math, by the time they get to 100% we'll be half a day past the 17th and have defaulted for the first time in over 200 years.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;42520963]Oh cool, it took them 14 days to get to 80%. By that math, by the time they get to 100% we'll be half a day past the 17th and have defaulted for the first time in over 200 years.[/QUOTE]
Was just about to post this...
While we're in the business of having only 3 days left to save the country and possibly the world economy as we know it,
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The issue is the House, not the Senate.
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The Senate may come to an agreement on a plan, but that doesn't mean the House will play along. Basically what Flameon said. Tea Party members of House aren't going to allow any kind of deal through that doesn't push through their own political demands.
[QUOTE=Bentham;42521539]Tea Party members of House aren't going to allow any kind of deal through that doesn't push through their own political demands.[/QUOTE]
[I]"What? the poor and the weak will benefit from [I]THIS[/I]?
LOCKDOWN!! shut down everything, we can't let this happen! oh and blame Obama as usual[/I]
[QUOTE=Van-man;42521838][I]"What? the poor and the weak will benefit from [I]THIS[/I]?
LOCKDOWN!! shut down everything, we can't let this happen! oh and blame Obama as usual[/I][/QUOTE]
Get outta here with all that socialist pinko rhetoric. All them poor people just need to go out and get them some guns and gold, and everything'll be just fine. Now git!
Now note that this is on the SENATE, not the HOUSE.
Which sounds like the democrats are going to roll over.
Something is gonna have to give way eventually if this mentality of treating the opposite party as your sworn enemy continues. Both sides have become so inflexible in the past few years that its going to break our government.
[QUOTE=Flameon;42521061]The issue is the House, not the Senate.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Reshy;42522412]Now note that this is on the SENATE, not the HOUSE.[/QUOTE]
...hm.
they were fucking optimistic 8 days ago, budge for fuck's sake. the republicans are going to loose the mid-term elections anyways because the teaparty dicks who came in in 2012 are up for re-election in a year, and many are already stepping down.
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the president should stop fucking prancing about on the podium and make deals, even if they are crappy deals, his landmark legislation is not going to be destroyed by dealing with the republicans. hell even fucking clinton worked with the opposition when they shut down things and that was when crazy ass newt gingredge was in office, John Beonard is at least more reasonable than him
[QUOTE=Bentham;42521539]The Senate may come to an agreement on a plan, but that doesn't mean the House will play along. Basically what Flameon said. Tea Party members of House aren't going to allow any kind of deal through that doesn't push through their own political demands.[/QUOTE]
if the tea party doesn't play they can be bypassed. other factions in the republican party are getting sick of the tea party shit. iirc the tea party is just a minority in the house so if the rest of the republicans want to they can just pass a bill without tea party approval.
[QUOTE=woolio1;42522007]Get outta here with all that socialist pinko rhetoric. All them poor people just need to go out and get them some guns and gold, and everything'll be just fine. Now git![/QUOTE]
geta job you hippie
[editline]15th October 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=yawmwen;42528175]if the tea party doesn't play they can be bypassed. other factions in the republican party are getting sick of the tea party shit. iirc the tea party is just a minority in the house so if the rest of the republicans want to they can just pass a bill without tea party approval.[/QUOTE]
last i checked they said something like 100 republicans would vote yes to any bill right now, combined with the democrats that'll deal with the republicans, they only need about like 20 votes from the rest of the house
Hi. It's me again. It is now the 15th.
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Don't MAKE ME bring in the Final Hours music, Congress.
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