Boehner pandering to tea party to pass bill, Democrats say

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-boehner-tea-party-20110729,0,2743376.story

Even as it appeared that John Boehner’s debt-ceiling bill was gaining steam and likely will finally pass the House later Friday, Senate Democrats accused the speaker of catering to the most radical, “tea party” elements of his caucus and worsening the prospects for an ultimate deal to ward off a federal default.

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The move seemed to be paying off. Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, elected in November with tea party support and who had been a no, was pleased by the addition of the balanced budget language. "I made my case several times over the past week. They heard," she said.

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Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), the assistant majority leader, called tying a balanced-budget amendment vote to the debt-ceiling “outrageous.” And Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, said it was “an absurd proposition.”

“Speaker Boehner should just give it up,” Schumer said. “He throws piece after piece after piece of red meat to the right wing lion that seems to dominate his caucus. It’s time he tame that lion for the good of the country.”

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. "...gaining steam..."

:rofl:




Medic!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. The new condition is that the democrats in the Senate will vote according to the demands

of the Tea Party in the House. Where's the democratic process when someone extorts your vote?

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Long knives are out and getting more bloody