1 Week Later: GOP Senate Says 'Screw You' to U.S. Voters

[Vigilante]

 

[Mac1958]

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I'm gonna try again:

What, precisely, is the current working definition of "amnesty"?

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[HereWeGoAgain]

Senate Republicans signaling shutdown threat over immigration

Likely incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may be talking nice and promising comity and common sense in its dealings with the Obama administration. But the tea party wing of the Senate? They're having none of it and making noise about a shutdown over the president's intention to use executive power on immigration. Case in point? Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), in an op-ed for Politico:

And it cannot be implemented if Congress simply includes routine language on any government funding bill prohibiting the expenditure of funds for this unlawful purpose. This is the same way we prevented the President from closing Guantanamo Bay. Such application of congressional power is ordinary, unexceptional, and used thousands of times.
Congress has the power of the purse. The President cannot spend a dime unless Congress appropriates it.

Karl Rove, who himself has advocated for amnesty, urged Congress to use its spending power to block the President’s fiat. He said Republicans should “use every tool available,” and put “riders on appropriations bills that say no money shall be spent to execute this policy.”

Yet reports have surfaced of plans to pass a long-term lame-duck spending bill through Harry Reid’s Senate that contains no such prohibition. This would be unthinkable.
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Now, Sessions and his fellow ideologues like Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) are being very careful about not using the word "shutdown" and are in fact claiming that using appropriations bills to shape policy is standard procedure. Yes, except for one key aspect: trying to use appropriations bills to defund one of the president's key policy priorities will likely lead to a shutdown because, well, the president is not likely to sign a bill that undoes a signature achievement (think back to Sen. Ted Cruz and his unsuccessful shutdown over the Affordable Care Act).

Yes, Lads and Laddies, (and morons), the new GOP Senate is lubing up the arse of the American Voter.

Republican disapproval ratings are already at 75% but for some insane reason republicans still get elected. It's American stupidity at its finest.

Republicans don't give a shit most Americans are against a shutdown of the government. They just do what ever radical, destructive means to get their warped self interested agenda across.

Bwahahahahaha!!!
Amazing !! A 75% disapproval rating yet they just cleaned your progressive clock.

 

[MrDVS1]

"Republican disapproval ratings are already at 75% but for some insane reason republicans still get elected. It's American stupidity at its finest."

It was a Daily Show topic, seems people voted for the liberal referendums, then voted for politicians who will be blocking those very things.

 

[Ravi]

Senate Republicans signaling shutdown threat over immigration

Likely incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may be talking nice and promising comity and common sense in its dealings with the Obama administration. But the tea party wing of the Senate? They're having none of it and making noise about a shutdown over the president's intention to use executive power on immigration. Case in point? Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), in an op-ed for Politico:

And it cannot be implemented if Congress simply includes routine language on any government funding bill prohibiting the expenditure of funds for this unlawful purpose. This is the same way we prevented the President from closing Guantanamo Bay. Such application of congressional power is ordinary, unexceptional, and used thousands of times.
Congress has the power of the purse. The President cannot spend a dime unless Congress appropriates it.

Karl Rove, who himself has advocated for amnesty, urged Congress to use its spending power to block the President’s fiat. He said Republicans should “use every tool available,” and put “riders on appropriations bills that say no money shall be spent to execute this policy.”

Yet reports have surfaced of plans to pass a long-term lame-duck spending bill through Harry Reid’s Senate that contains no such prohibition. This would be unthinkable.
​

Now, Sessions and his fellow ideologues like Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) are being very careful about not using the word "shutdown" and are in fact claiming that using appropriations bills to shape policy is standard procedure. Yes, except for one key aspect: trying to use appropriations bills to defund one of the president's key policy priorities will likely lead to a shutdown because, well, the president is not likely to sign a bill that undoes a signature achievement (think back to Sen. Ted Cruz and his unsuccessful shutdown over the Affordable Care Act).

Yes, Lads and Laddies, (and morons), the new GOP Senate is lubing up the arse of the American Voter.

They're taking the easy way out I see, shut down the government and sit on their lazy asses.

 

[Darkwind]

So, how exactly is Obama shutting down the government the fault of the Congress?

He has only to sign the bill they send to him.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Lol only you would quote a serial rapist.

Good job man

Link to convictions?

Why do you cons suddenly support Bill Cosby?

When haven't we supported Bill Cosby would be the better question.

 

[MrDVS1]

how's it feel?

About the same, Republicans are still ozzwholes and the Democrats are still ball-less ozzwholes.



[/QUOTE]

 

[MrDVS1]

QUOTEhis party won't learn. so it's up to us TO MAKE them learn[/QUOTE]

Yeah right, the anti education party thinks it's capable of teaching someone something.

 

[TheIceMan]

Senate Republicans signaling shutdown threat over immigration

Likely incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may be talking nice and promising comity and common sense in its dealings with the Obama administration. But the tea party wing of the Senate? They're having none of it and making noise about a shutdown over the president's intention to use executive power on immigration. Case in point? Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), in an op-ed for Politico:

And it cannot be implemented if Congress simply includes routine language on any government funding bill prohibiting the expenditure of funds for this unlawful purpose. This is the same way we prevented the President from closing Guantanamo Bay. Such application of congressional power is ordinary, unexceptional, and used thousands of times.
Congress has the power of the purse. The President cannot spend a dime unless Congress appropriates it.

Karl Rove, who himself has advocated for amnesty, urged Congress to use its spending power to block the President’s fiat. He said Republicans should “use every tool available,” and put “riders on appropriations bills that say no money shall be spent to execute this policy.”

Yet reports have surfaced of plans to pass a long-term lame-duck spending bill through Harry Reid’s Senate that contains no such prohibition. This would be unthinkable.
​

Now, Sessions and his fellow ideologues like Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) are being very careful about not using the word "shutdown" and are in fact claiming that using appropriations bills to shape policy is standard procedure. Yes, except for one key aspect: trying to use appropriations bills to defund one of the president's key policy priorities will likely lead to a shutdown because, well, the president is not likely to sign a bill that undoes a signature achievement (think back to Sen. Ted Cruz and his unsuccessful shutdown over the Affordable Care Act).

Yes, Lads and Laddies, (and morons), the new GOP Senate is lubing up the arse of the American Voter.

*yawn*

 

[depotoo]

"I can't get past the irony to get to the arrogance. The most transparent administration since the continent shifted had to rely on artifice and deception to pass its signature piece of legislation, you can't make that up. He had to lie to people and then he justified it so I can't even get past the irony of that to get to the arrogance of him calling our fellow Americans stupid," Gowdy said. "I would say to the professor... you want to see how stupid the American citizens are take a look at last Tuesday night because they rejected you, this bill and this administration."


Selective editing ed, dear, as you well know-

The Op is all the proof we need that Jonathan Gruber was correct when talking about stupid voters.

“You want to see how stupid our fellow citizens are? Take a look at last Tuesday night”
- Trey Gowdy, November 11, 2014

 

[Siete]

the new Republicans don't want to address immigration. They never have.

During 43's first term he could have done the same thing with immigration that Obama did with Healthcare his first term ... Republican voters will continue to be punked from now on. They're too stupid to learn from history.

 

[MrDVS1]

QUOTE]It's the GOP who hate America apparently.[/QUOTE]

Only the politicians. There is no doubt big money supporters lost money during that last shutdown and they gave the pols an ass chewing, that's the only reason shut downs are no longer on the table, except for the T-Potty clowns.

 

[R.D.]

Senate Republicans signaling shutdown threat over immigration

Likely incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may be talking nice and promising comity and common sense in its dealings with the Obama administration. But the tea party wing of the Senate? They're having none of it and making noise about a shutdown over the president's intention to use executive power on immigration. Case in point? Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), in an op-ed for Politico:

And it cannot be implemented if Congress simply includes routine language on any government funding bill prohibiting the expenditure of funds for this unlawful purpose. This is the same way we prevented the President from closing Guantanamo Bay. Such application of congressional power is ordinary, unexceptional, and used thousands of times.
Congress has the power of the purse. The President cannot spend a dime unless Congress appropriates it.

Karl Rove, who himself has advocated for amnesty, urged Congress to use its spending power to block the President’s fiat. He said Republicans should “use every tool available,” and put “riders on appropriations bills that say no money shall be spent to execute this policy.”

Yet reports have surfaced of plans to pass a long-term lame-duck spending bill through Harry Reid’s Senate that contains no such prohibition. This would be unthinkable.
​

Now, Sessions and his fellow ideologues like Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) are being very careful about not using the word "shutdown" and are in fact claiming that using appropriations bills to shape policy is standard procedure. Yes, except for one key aspect: trying to use appropriations bills to defund one of the president's key policy priorities will likely lead to a shutdown because, well, the president is not likely to sign a bill that undoes a signature achievement (think back to Sen. Ted Cruz and his unsuccessful shutdown over the Affordable Care Act).

Yes, Lads and Laddies, (and morons), the new GOP Senate is lubing up the arse of the American Voter.

Why are you in such strong support of open borders and amnesty for law breakers who violated our international boundary?
Is it your need for cheap labor that your side can take advantage of?

Votes. Votes. Votes.

 

[Stephanie]

QUOTEhis party won't learn. so it's up to us TO MAKE them learn

Yeah right, the anti education party thinks it's capable of teaching someone something.

[/QUOTE]

so you think calling people, anti-education is some form of brilliance?
dumb dumb dumb.... parrots aren't the brightest small brain

 

[dannyboys]

Senate Republicans signaling shutdown threat over immigration

Likely incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may be talking nice and promising comity and common sense in its dealings with the Obama administration. But the tea party wing of the Senate? They're having none of it and making noise about a shutdown over the president's intention to use executive power on immigration. Case in point? Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), in an op-ed for Politico:

And it cannot be implemented if Congress simply includes routine language on any government funding bill prohibiting the expenditure of funds for this unlawful purpose. This is the same way we prevented the President from closing Guantanamo Bay. Such application of congressional power is ordinary, unexceptional, and used thousands of times.
Congress has the power of the purse. The President cannot spend a dime unless Congress appropriates it.

Karl Rove, who himself has advocated for amnesty, urged Congress to use its spending power to block the President’s fiat. He said Republicans should “use every tool available,” and put “riders on appropriations bills that say no money shall be spent to execute this policy.”

Yet reports have surfaced of plans to pass a long-term lame-duck spending bill through Harry Reid’s Senate that contains no such prohibition. This would be unthinkable.
​

Now, Sessions and his fellow ideologues like Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) are being very careful about not using the word "shutdown" and are in fact claiming that using appropriations bills to shape policy is standard procedure. Yes, except for one key aspect: trying to use appropriations bills to defund one of the president's key policy priorities will likely lead to a shutdown because, well, the president is not likely to sign a bill that undoes a signature achievement (think back to Sen. Ted Cruz and his unsuccessful shutdown over the Affordable Care Act).

Yes, Lads and Laddies, (and morons), the new GOP Senate is lubing up the arse of the American Voter.

Republican disapproval ratings are already at 75% but for some insane reason republicans still get elected. It's American stupidity at its finest.

Republicans don't give a shit most Americans are against a shutdown of the government. They just do what ever radical, destructive means to get their warped self interested agenda across.

They have a mandate by the people to lead. Americans don't want Obama in charge anymore.

In fact, they want the GOP to take charge and Obama to back off.

ETA: sigh. the C&P shows up big again. apologies.

Nation backs Republican agenda in new poll: Majority want Obama to play second fiddle to GOP

A new Gallup poll shows that the majority of Americans don't want President Barack Obama calling all the shots anymore.

Americans say by a large margin that they'd rather Obama back off and let Republicans take the lead in the new Congress than the other way around.

The poll supports Republican claims that last week's midterm elections were in fact a referendum on the president - an assessment the White House has forcibly denied both before and after the president's party was walloped at the ballot box.

Americans clearly want Obama to follow Republicans' lead and not the other way around, a Gallup poll released this afternoon shows

Great article. More at link:

Nation backs Republican agenda in new poll Daily Mail Online

Lol I love how you cons feel the need to use a ridiculously large font to get info across. I can read it just fine with a normal font assclown.

Well I already made the point that Americans are stupid so you going out of your way to show me this poll was pointless.

The truth is, regardless of whether or not Americans are smart enough to realize it is that the GOP has no plan. Nothing. They have put forth no other agenda besides obstructing anything Obama does. Their economic polices have been proven to be useless. They also ignore popular opinion on basically anything. They are corrupt, self interested scumbags and you are all too dumb see it.

Need a mint?
"Elections have consequences".
A bunch of negroes elected an incompetent b/c he had the same skin colour and he promised them lots of 'free shit'.
He didn't deliver. So the negroes didn't support his 'agenda/policies.

 

[depotoo]

Once again, ed, you are showing your ....

World War II veterans knock down police barriers to attend memorial on the National Mall Update Did a congressman lead the vets through the barricade Update Congressman says Obama administration knew about veterans request and rejected it Twitchy

What about the only thing that got shut down was a war memorial. Shut down to veterans, but not to illegals holding a rally. Why do you hate America?

Bullshit! The park workers let the vets in.

And the lie spread by FOX was Muslims not illegals.

 

[MrDVS1]

QUOTE]so you think calling people, anti-education is some form of brilliance?dumb dumb dumb.... parrots aren't the brightest small brain[/QUOTE]

No one would know better than you squawker.

 

[Stephanie]

QUOTE]so you think calling people, anti-education is some form of brilliance?dumb dumb dumb.... parrots aren't the brightest small brain

No one would know better than you squawker.[/QUOTE]

awww, did I hit a nerve. tsk tsk
now go to school you'll be late for class and recess

 

[mudwhistle]

Basically, John Gruber told the rest of America that the Obama administration thought they were stupid. That happened to be six years of "screw you" to the voters. Unfortunately it took until now to realize it.

We've been hearing rumors of it for a long time so now Obama's actions are pretty clearly stated by Gruber

You Stupid Americans