Breaking.Majority of House appears to support ‘clean’ continuing resolution bill

[Ichingcarpenter]

All but five House Democrats have signed a letter urging House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to allow a vote on a "clean" continuing resolution bill, meaning the legislation appears to have the support of a majority of House members.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released the letter, which bears the signatures of 195 of the chamber's 200 Democrats.
"We demand a vote on a clean continuing resolution immediately so that government functioning can resume and Americans can move on with their lives," the members said.
Combine those 195 Democrats with the 22 House Republicans who have signaled support for a clean resolution, and you get 217 members, which is a bare majority of the chamber's 432 members.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/10/06/majority-of-house-appears-to-support-clean-cr/

[spanone]

1. speaker boehner was obviously lying on the news shows yesterday

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Yup. Nothing new there. n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Will he put it to a vote

is the question.

but anyway this looks more hopeful than it has been.

[Iliyah]

22. Nope. Boner's overlords told him not to.

He is still using the Hastert Rule which Mr. Hastert said himself was bullshit.

Now they have the GOPers saying there is no such thing as a debt ceiling crisis. I hope the 1%ers get there come uppings.

[albino65]

45. In The Words of Teddy Roosevelt

"a servile tool of men worse than himself ... ever ready to do any work the slavery leaders set him."

[grasswire]

2. Hold a mock vote on the steps of the Capitol Building.

A DU-er suggest this elsewhere.

Hold a mock vote. Your 217 members of Congress assemble en masse to represent the vote they would cast on a CR.

That would be newsworthy.

And it would be irrefutable!

[kiranon]

6. Great idea. n/t

[tridim]

7. That idea has been floating around in my head for a few days now.

Can they hold a mock vote on the floor? If not, why not?

[Blue Idaho]

15. Terrific Idea!

I hope someone congress critter is reading this thread.

[Zoonart]

29. That was me

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3799189

Called Pelosi's office and left my idea on her message machine. Do you think she will ever hear it? Thanks for bring it up again here.

[Zoonart]

32. Good People's Theater

Here's another idea... instead of fantasizing about those in power actually reading and taking to heart our suggestions, why don't we stage the theater ourselves? All we need are volunteers to stand proxy for all of the congressmen and women who have agreed to vote yes on a clean CR. Assign a name to each volunteer, set up on the Capitol steps and we can call the roll and vote their proxies.

Kill two birds, change the meme in the media and shame the shit out of the congress.

Who lives close enough to DC to make this happen... or perhaps we could make this happen online?

[grasswire]

42. yes, it's perfect

Any group could do it. Just takes a bit of media savvy and enough stand-ins. College kids could do it.

[dragonfly301]

33. calling Congress

Try calling Pelosi's office but add one to the last digit of the phone #. My husband and I have had great success with this technique calling a slew of asshat teabagger's. They all seem confused as to how the call reached them - "did you get transferred in"?

[Zoonart]

34. Thanks

I did get transferred in, but just went to voice mail. ARGGGGGGGG!
Will try again.

[grasswire]

41. I sent the idea to Alan Grayson and to Michael Moore

Grayson is a member of Democratic Underground, you know.

You can contact him, too.

[Cali_Democrat]

30. +1000

[David Zephyr]

35. What a brilliant idea, grasswire! Really!!!

[GOTV]

47. Republicans, even those willing to vote for a clean CR, probably will not ...

... want to participate in a shaming demonstration which may not get them what they want.

So this probably can't be made to happen.

[Vox Moi]

5. This will be news when 217 members actually sign the letter n/t

[Blaukraut]

9. Exactly. We've learned long ago that a Republican's word means nothing unless it's in writing n/t

[AlinPA]

8. RE: "All but five House Democrats have signed.." Who the hell are they?

[Lifelong Protester]

11. One was mine, Ron Kind, from WI

supposedly a "D".... I already emailed him and told him I'd be listed as a 'former supporter' without a good explanation as to why he did not sign.

PS-The article lists the 5 Dems who did not sign.

[AlinPA]

13. Thank you.

[B Calm]

14. I thought we purged those Bluedogs!

[Buns_of_Fire]

19. The article lists them, but just as a ready reference, they are:

Ron Kind (Wis.)
Jim Cooper (Tenn.)
John Barrow (Ga.)
Jim Matheson (Utah)
Mike McIntyre (N.C.)

[AlinPA]

20. Thank you!

[calimary]

21. Beat me to it. These turncoats should be called, too.

And called out. Our Dems need to STICK TOGETHER!!!!!!

TOLL FREE Capitol Hill switchboard numbers conveniently located in my sig line below!

[n2doc]

23. Again my fucking blue dog Barrow is on that list

I am about to vote R for the first time in the next election. Just to get rid of that bastard. Even a tbagger is more honest.

[mac56]

28. Yup. Barrow was on the scene when I lived in Athens.

Didn't like him then, don't like him now.

[cthulu2016]

10. Ha. "the 22 House Republicans who have signaled support"

signaled is not all it's cracked up to be

[City Lights]

12. But, but, but, the weepy, orange Boner said yesterday he didn't have the votes!

He's a fucking liar.

[B Calm]

16. The 5 Democrats are

Reps. Ron Kind (Wis.), Jim Cooper (Tenn.), John Barrow (Ga.), Jim Matheson (Utah) and Mike McIntyre (N.C.).

[Joel thakkar]

17. wtf is wrong with these 5 guys n/t

[B Calm]

18. Republicans masquerading as democrats

[Contrary1]

40. Hoping for some pork of their own. n/t

[valerief]

24. You mean the five DINOs are Kind, Cooper, Barrow, Matheson, and McIntyre.

Thanks!

[AAO]

39. Primary these bastards.

[daybranch]

25. lets not let the repubs who eventually vote for a clean CR off the hook

by letting them sell themselves as moderates. There are no moderate republicans in Congress. These so called moderates are farther right than Goldwater was.

[Lifelong Dem]

26. Boehner would put it to a vote if he wasn't lying

If he is telling the truth about not having the votes then prove it.

[libodem]

27. There ought to be a clock

Ticking off the enormous amount of FN money, this costs us, by the minute. Fiscal conservatives my hiney.

The Monica, show trial was extremely costly in terms of dollars as well. This shit is STUPID. And divisive.

[NRaleighLiberal]

31. Keep painting them into a corner...with orange paint....

[Heather MC]

36. UNLESS those 22 repukes signed the Petition their word don't mean Jack Shit

I don't trust them as far as my dead Grandmother can toss them

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. On YouTube the assholes are screaming for the heads of the 22 Republicans.

[Jack Rabbit]

38. Tell us something we don't know.

Not only do you and I know it, but John Boehner knows it. And the Teahadists know it and they know that Boehner knows it. Which is why if Boehner allows it today then Eric Cantor will be Speaker of the House tonight.

Which might be a relief to Mr. Boehner in that he would no longer have to answer to the lunatics in his asylum. He made this bed, now he can sleep in it.

[calimary]

43. Hey guys! I just got off the phone with Ron Kind's office (D-WI) and the staffer told me

He had just agreed to sign on. Just this morning. She stopped me mid-sentence, and I responded with - "OMG!!! THANK YOU, AND PLEASE THANK HIM, TOO!!!!!!!!"

Wonder if the pressure got to him?

[Ichingcarpenter]

44. Maybe post it seperate

that count was 5 now its 4 or something like that.

So people will see the good news

[hedgehog]

46. MSNBC said earlier today that it had the names of 22 Republicans willing to support

a clean CR.