Great, Just Friggin Great... Cantor To GOP: Dems Caved In Sequestration Battle - TPMDC

[WillyT]

Cantor To GOP: Dems Caved In Sequestration Battle
Sahil Kapur - TPMDC
April 26, 2013, 12:35 PM

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In advance of Friday’s vote on a bill to ameliorate sequester-induced airport delays, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) sought to sell Republican members on the legislation by describing it as a total surrender by the White House and Democrats.

It succeeded. The chamber voted 361-41 to pass it, giving the Federal Aviation Administration flexibility to shift resources in order to mitigate airport delays. The bill, having already cleared the Senate, will go to President Obama’s desk for his signature.

Cantor’s memo Friday morning, passed along to TPM by a leadership source, cited headlines about Democrats “blink[ing]” first in the FAA delays battle and the White House “scrambl[ing] for damage control.” It also quoted a tweet by Roll Call reporter Steven Dennis calling the legislation “a complete, utter cave by Senate Democrats and, if signed, by the White House.”

“This victory is in large part a result of our standing together under the banner of #Obamaflightdelays,” Cantor said.

The vote is a win for Republicans, who have insisted on mitigating the worst impacts of the sequester without raising so much as a penny in new tax revenues, which Obama and Democratic leaders have insisted on in any deal to ease the pain of the automatic cuts.

The relevant portion of Cantor’s memo:

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More: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/cantor-memo-faa-vote-democrats-caved.php

[tularetom]

1. And this surprises you because...?

[uponit7771]

2. Deep inside I think the Obama admin made a pact with the devil or something to win the election...

...it's got to be something..

It's like Thomas Hearns not jabbing during a boxing match.... tallest, long arms....wont use them...

don't understand the stratee-jury here

[Leslie Valley]

3. So now department heads are going to be allowed to "shift" funds around in order to

minimize the effects of the budget cuts?

How the hell are they going to make the sequester hurt and make political points if they keep smoothing things over?

It plays right into the GOP's talking point that the government "takes" too much of your money and doesn't spend it wisely.

So far what have we got? Cancelled White House Tours, and that's starting to look petty and small.

[whttevrr]

4. The C-word

I don't think you should be able to use the C-word here. It should be Qantor.

I was gonna go with KKKantor... But I think he is colorblind to the monied.

[deutsey]

5. Forget it, Jake...

It's Chinatown.

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[villager]

6. "The future, Mr. Gitts," indeed

It appears to be Noah Cross' world, and we just live in it, while members of the "two" parties scramble to please the 1%ers

[spanone]

7. fuck cantor. he's a ruthless, heartless politician in the worse sense of the word.

[kentuck]

8. They kicked the Democrats asses all the way up between their shoulder blades!

Good for them! I hope they break their ribs while they have them on the floor. And then spit on their sorry asses.

[montanacowboy]

9. Kentuck - I love you

my thoughts exactly

I have had it - I am so frigging over it

[xchrom]

10. Du rec. Nt