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Stuart G

(38,726 posts) Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:18 PM Dec 2012

Boehner Yanks Plan B , Cites Lack Of GOP Votes After Final Plea Fails [View all]

Source: Talking Points Memo

With his speakership in peril, John Boehner conceded Thursday night that he lacked Republican votes to pass his so-called Plan B and tried to put the onus on President Obama and Senate Democrats to avert the fiscal cliff.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

This is on the front page of Talking Points Memo..Stunning Defeat for Boehner...

Rest of story is here:

In a stunning defeat, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called off a vote Thursday night on his Plan B to avert the fiscal cliff, citing a lack of support from his own party. Boehner issued the following statement as an emergency meeting of the House Republican Conference was ending:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/boehner-calls-off-plan-b-vote?ref=fpa

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Boehner Yanks Plan B , Cites Lack Of GOP Votes After Final Plea Fails [View all] Stuart G Dec 2012 OP

Great, really Great. al_liberal Dec 2012 #1

I guess he is gone in January...? I think so...nt Stuart G Dec 2012 #2

No Orange Glo? CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #3

How did you know what I wanted for christmas? lindysalsagal Dec 2012 #4

Republicans have no interest in governing Zorro Dec 2012 #5

God Boehner is such a weak speaker. Mr.Turnip Dec 2012 #6

He's not long for the role. FVZA_Colonel Dec 2012 #17

WTF? Buy more time to whip votes???? They have been whipping all week.... yellowcanine Dec 2012 #7

Oh my God Tea party! Herlong Dec 2012 #8

EPIC FAIL MOTHERFUCKER ButterflyBlood Dec 2012 #9

Plan B for bullsh*t Andy Stanton Dec 2012 #10

Repukes get 95% of what they want and that's still not enough high density Dec 2012 #11

that's what happens when you have a history of goose-stepping Skittles Dec 2012 #16

Is this what they meant when talking about the end of the world? question everything Dec 2012 #12

There are people on here who still won't see after this davidpdx Dec 2012 #13

Of course-- it's all Obama's fault... TreasonousBastard Dec 2012 #14

The Problem Is That The GOP Is Like Lord of the Flies Now TomCADem Dec 2012 #15

I'll have to watch Lord of the Flies davidpdx Dec 2012 #18

basically, the group becomes ungovernable & splits apart while mayhem ensues wordpix Dec 2012 #27

When I was working over in China teaching Business davidpdx Dec 2012 #29

Passing anything in the house will be very, very difficult. amandabeech Dec 2012 #19

I've watched politics for over 50 years and I've never seen a speaker humiliated so completely Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #20

Speaker Cantor will get less done than Speaker Boehner. RickFromMN Dec 2012 #21

The GOP is perfectly fine with total and complete gridlock. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #23

Yes indeed. Except there are times no deal is better than a bad deal. RickFromMN Dec 2012 #24

True ... but that can't be our only position. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #25

We must have patience. We must hope the voters will kick the Republicans out in 2014. RickFromMN Dec 2012 #26

Howard Dean has repeated recently that the cliff is better than anything else proposed wordpix Dec 2012 #28

Headline should be "Tea Party Filabuster's Boehner's Plan B" JoePhilly Dec 2012 #22