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In reply to the discussion: They all voted no. [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)30. I wish people would stop parroting the old Republican myth.
The Budget Control Act is actually stronger than a normal budget resolution.
Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) has maintained that the Budget Control Act passed last year to resolve the debt ceiling standoff is better than a normal budget resolution. It's actually budget law, he said -- the portion of the "fiscal cliff" that comes from spending cuts.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/republicans-budget-stall-senate_n_2303345.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/republicans-budget-stall-senate_n_2303345.html
Now stop parroting the old Republican lie. I say old Republican lie because they're completely changed their tune and now speak of the Budget Control Act as the budget.
Lately, however, the Republican senators have been citing the Budget Control Act as if it is a budget to block legislation, raising budget "points of order" on measures that spend more than authorized in the Budget Control Act. By Senate rules, such a point of order requires 60 votes to waive, much the same as overcoming a filibuster.
Perhaps the most vigorous adherent of the point-of-order strategy is Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the Budget Committee.
He raised a number of objections Thursday, stymying attempts to pass legislation to extend extra federal backing of large bank transactions.
We will adhere to the budget agreement that we made with the American people 16 months ago, Sessions said after his point of order succeeded, referring to the Budget Control Act.
Perhaps the most vigorous adherent of the point-of-order strategy is Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the Budget Committee.
He raised a number of objections Thursday, stymying attempts to pass legislation to extend extra federal backing of large bank transactions.
We will adhere to the budget agreement that we made with the American people 16 months ago, Sessions said after his point of order succeeded, referring to the Budget Control Act.
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I guess the American Prospect is also part of the "republican lie machine".
former9thward
May 2013
#33
Republicanism is Magical: Security is Produced by Magical Dust, not Actual Money Funding
alcibiades_mystery
May 2013
#6
I live next to Issa's district (used to be in it) in Ken Calvert's district,
xtraxritical
May 2013
#13
"Big Dog did a lot of good shit and some bad shit" and he sure can lift his leg on Wallace.
xtraxritical
May 2013
#14