From the office of U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski:
U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today was joined by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) along with Senators Ben Cardin (also D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and members of the Senate Democratic Caucus on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to call on House Republicans to end the Tea Party shutdown, reopen the federal government, pay America’s bills on time, and negotiate a solution to funding the government.
“We want to reopen government. We want to make sure that America pays its bills. And we’re ready to negotiate as we’ve been doing in the past,” Senator Mikulski said. “For those of us in Maryland, we want to reopen the government so that the 130,000 federal employees who live and work in Maryland can go back to work to do their jobs. We want to reopen government because we are the home to 20 major federal agencies headquartered in Maryland, serving not only Maryland but serving the nation and the world. We are the home to the headquarters for Social Security. We are the home to the headquarters for Medicare. We’re the home for the headquarters for NSA. We’re home to the Food and Drug Administration. Together with Virginia, we have Wallops Island Flight Facility. In Western Maryland, we have a federal prison. We want to reopen government so it serves the nation.”
Senator Mikulski’s remarks on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, as delivered, follow:
“Good morning everybody. Senate Democrats want to reopen government. We want to make sure that America pays its bills. And we’re ready to negotiate as we’ve been doing in the past. For those of us in Maryland, we want to reopen the government so that the 130,000 federal employees who live and work in Maryland can go back to work to do their jobs.
“We want to reopen government so that we reopen small business. We’re worried about all of the small businesses throughout the state, especially those near our federal facilities that are now stressed and stretched because they don’t have customers.
“We want to reopen government because we are the home to 20 major federal agencies headquartered in Maryland, serving not only Maryland but serving the nation and the world. We are the home to the headquarters for Social Security. We are the home to the headquarters for Medicare. We’re the home for the headquarters for NSA. We’re the headquarters for the Food and Drug Administration. Together with Virginia, we have Wallops Island Flight Facility. In Western Maryland, we have a federal prison. We want to reopen government so it serves the nation. This isn’t just about federal employees. This is also about local business. And it’s also impacting the world.
“Let me just talk about two agencies in Maryland. Let’s talk about the FDA. It’s headquartered in Maryland in a community called White Oak. More than 8,500 employees work there. It is a comeback neighborhood because of the presence of FDA, which works hand-in-hand with the NIH to bring drugs, biotech products, and medical devices to the market for patients in need. But it also stands sentry on counterfeit drugs. This is how it’s serving the nation and serving the world.
“The FDA has furloughed 45 percent of its employees because of the shutdown. That means we don’t have people on the job monitoring counterfeit drug imports coming from China. Forty percent of all the drugs sold in the United States are manufactured overseas. Right now we’ve had to cancel inspections in China. We’ve had to cancel inspections in India. Why is that so important? Just a few years ago, faulty products and blood thinners coming in from China sickened 800 people, killing 81. Drug inspectors want to be on the job ensuring the safety of the supply chain so that when you take a drug, you know that drug is safe and you won’t die. Senate Democrats want to open up FDA so it can continue serving the nation and serving the world.
“And then over there in Woodlawn is the Social Security Administration. Though it’s headquartered in Maryland, they are serving the nation. At the Social Security Administration, 10,000 employees have been furloughed nationwide. Furloughs mean the people who process disability checks, process eligibility for Social Security, and go after waste and fraud aren’t on the job.
“And Social Security is not only in Woodlawn, Maryland, it’s in every community across the United States where there’s a Social Security field office. We are saying — open up the Social Security Administration. We want to keep the lights burning so that the people who have earned benefits can apply and get the right answers to their questions. Open up Social Security so employees who go after fraud in the Social Security program are standing sentry to make sure only those who are qualified get it. That is what the Social Security Administration does.
“And right down the street from the Social Security Administration is the Baltimore FBI field office. I am so proud of them for what they do every day to keep us safe. But I was particularly proud of them when they were part of a major raid in which they joined with the U.S. Marshals Service and rescued 105 sexually exploited kids across the U.S. in a three day effort in which the Baltimore field office took part.
“Well guess what. Those FBI agents are working today, but they’re being paid in I.O.U.’s. And the budget at FBI is so tight that agents’ gas use is limited to 200 miles per week. They can’t buy their own gas to fill the tanks of their government cars, and they can’t use their personal vehicles when on investigations. When they run out of gas, they run out of the ability to interview witnesses in person.
“Let’s get gas in their tank, let’s get gas back in our government, let’s get the gas out of the Senate, and let’s get America rolling. We want to reopen government and get America going.”
Tea Party Shutdown????
It can not be said any clearer then this Babs. http://youtu.be/cmqdiDrDIrU
I watched several clips tonight with your President, Rengal, Dirty Harry, and other dems running President Bush down over raising the debt. Funny thing about you tube, you can lie but video does not lie. The lies coming out of President Obama’s mouth are “fast and furious.”
So Mikulski is worried about small business. That’s a first.
Someone woke her up and said sign this!
A direct quote from Senator Mikulski in the above article “Senate Democrats want to open up FDA so it can continue serving the nation and serving the world.”
Okay, Senator, could you call Harry Reid and get him to bring the bill to a vote in the Senate? It’s just a simple bill. Fund the FDA. Doesn’t have to be anything more than that. Get it to a vote. Today. It’s up to you, Senator, and to Senator Reid. You have a majority in the Senate so I’m sure it can get passed first thing this morning and you all can get time before the TV cameras before you go to one of your dining rooms for a subsidized lunch with one of your campaign contributors.
Judy, write Andy Harris, the Koch Brother Lapdog, and tell him to vote for a clean resolution to re-open that government you love to hate so much. After all it is people too, just not ones you give a damn about.
Because you should call Harry Reid, President Obama and Nancy Pelosi and tell them to give individuals a year extension on mandatory on ACA compliance.
Nope.
Because you you don’t believe in fairness.
Because believes in turning this country in to a socialist state where he gets to decide what you and I do and say and pay but can exempt himself from it all.
Because, the people you are hurting are the poor and disadvantaged. Your policies are racist because these people are disproportionately minorities.
Because, Barbara didn’t ask for a clean bill. She never mentioned it. She wants to re-open FDA. So let’s re-open FDA. Stop changing the subject. If the Democrats want to re-open FDA as she says the path forward is easy. Try to stay on the subject that she has selected to address.
Barbara A. Mikulski is a prime example why there should be term limits and age restrictions for public office.
That’s what the fine citizens of Maryland have voted for, sadly. We need to ‘limit’ politicians by tossing them out every chance we get.
Would you think 69 would be to old to be President when they got inaugurated? That would rule out Reagan off the bat!!!! Reagan was 77 too when he finished his term in office!!!!
Yep, and twice the leader that our current president could ever hope to be.
if you like ignorant and arrogant. Yes, Bush was way better.
Hay ,,Gotta hand it this President, Obama,,, He has no problem looking the people right smack dab in the eyes and LIE…… Gotta admire that!
Because you never get tired of insulting people you disagree with by calling them stupid and racist.
Just Because I think your liberal progressive ideas and economic plans are wrong I don’t call you horrible names. I point out your positions are bad for the country.
Because you lack civility.
Because you are rude and unkind.
As usual you are off the subject because. They were talking about Reagan not Bush. None the less it is really interesting that you use those two adjectives to describe W. time to try on your big girl panties.
No Common Sense you don’t, you simply defend those that do!!!!!
@Cdev –
You believe in statism, wealth redistribution, progressivism and I don’t it’s that simple.
I think if you leave the power of governance with people at the local and state levels we have better outcomes.
The Federal government has overreached and they are doomed by their inefficiency.
I was referring to your defense of people with potty mouths that resort to name calling!
Obama was not the subject. We where discussing none’s suggestion of age limits on public office and I was noting the similarities between Reagan and Mikulski in that department. I notice I got no answer to my original question!
@Cdev –
Don’t care about what you want.
I think you positions and rhetoric are shallow and insipid.
Pile on “Babs Bashers”, (it will only make you look like the fools that you are). Poll after poll rightly indicates that the “tea bagger” controlled House (under the “leadership” of John Boehner) is the root of what is wrong in D.C.
Keep it up Re-Bubba-Cans, and you’ll lose control of the House in 2014, and NANCY PELOSI will return as Queen of the House! Yee-Haa Mo Fo’s! 🙂
What?
W.T.F. Go xxxx yourself – you lazy xxxxxx….
“Truth is”, Piss off you plunker (try to figure it out!).
When you corner a liberal with facts and they have nothing to argue the name calling and anger comes out. Start paying attention to the President’s approval rating and you can see what is going to take place in 2014. a Re-Bubba-Can majority in the Senate and House.
Actually it has gone up during this.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
How bout them facts for you!!!!
Giving up on that moderate claim finally comrade?
Not at all. I simply can not stand when someone uses the Sean Hannity facts line while ignoring the actual facts. Such as was the case here!!!!! I also used a variety of sources. I even used the non-democrat friendly Rassmuesen Poll. In fact to be fair it could be wrong as it was the least accurate pollster in the 2012 election!
W.T.F.
You get your free cheese hand outs yet this month?
“Just a few years ago, faulty products and blood thinners coming in from China sickened 800 people, killing 81. ”
Well, Babs, maybe the lesson here is to NOT BUY this shit from a COMMUNIST COUNTRY that is known for providing sub-standard working environments for its employees! How many FDA employees did it take to arrive at that conclusion?
“Senate Democrats want to open up FDA so it can continue serving the nation and serving the world.”
Since when is it our responsibility to serve the WORLD in such matters? Oh, that’s right….we’re the nation that others look to when THEIR SHIT hits the fan, and we’re the nation that’s most hated in the world when there’s no shit that needs cleaning. I’m sick of it.
Harry Reid has a pile of resolutions that if voted on by the Senate will begin to open up the government. Harry Reid is keeping the government closed. Obama is not leading the country. We have a two party system and he should be a leader in bringing these parties together for compromise. Harry Reid still has not brought the death benefits resolution to floor for a vote to help those families of soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country…Thank you to the Fisher House for coming to the aid of these American families that recently lost their loved ones. Harry Reid is keeping the government on shut down. The administration is determined to make it as painful for American citizens as possible while keeping their golf courses and other perks available for their use. And why was the mall opened for a demonstration of illegals when the Vets and other Americans are barred from open memorials. How much did it cost the American people to have the government put up barriers for these open air memorials? the list of unbelievable actions by the administration goes on and on!
The Constitution was specifically written to stop a minority of people from holding the majority hostage. Leave it to the republicans to find a loophole.
“The Constitution was specifically written to stop a minority of people from holding the majority hostage.”
Wasn’t the premise to limit the powers of the government and to aid in the prevention of the tyranny of the majority?
The Senate exists to give smaller states equal say as the larger, more populous states.
@Jack Rabbit
The Constitution is working fine in this instance.
The House has a majority of Republicans.
And their job is to represent the majority of the people. When 50 elected people hold the other 500 hostage I would not use the phrase things are working fine.
It’s their job to represent the majority in the districts or states where they’re elected. There is a nuance. The folks in Nebraska probably have different priorities than people in NJ and thier representatives ought to reflect that difference in the way they vote.
And the majority of the House members who represent the numerical majority of the citizens have spoken. Sorry some of you don’t like the message.
You are saying that the majority of Americans want the government shut down and ocare defunded? I have not seen these claims maybe my news channels are just slow.
I am saying that the House more closely represents the citizenry than the Senate. Partly because they stand for re-election every 2 years and partly because the number of people they represent is more uniform from district to district and proportional to census. That’s why Maryland has 1 Republican congressman. The majority of Americans are opposed to Obamacare and that is reflected in every poll that is taken including the polls by typically liberal organizations. The people also want the spending cut back and the deficit reduced. Neither of these views are shared by Lib/Dems or the president. Most news channels bend over backwards to support the president.
If you were correct, why didn’t this majority you speak of elect Romney, who on day 1 was going to repeal Obamacare? Polls show 70% of the people are against a shutdown and the GOP has the lowest approval rating ever. The house is elected to represent the majority and more specifically to insure those elected are representing the majority . So I’ll ask again where is this majority you speak of?
Imaginary. Ted Cruz commissioned a poll since he didn’t believe the other polls. Guess what his poll came back with the same results that 70 % disagree with the GOP approach and 54% strongly disagree!
Judy, Not all house districts are created equal. This is particularly true for the representative from Wyoming who only represents 500K people where as the at-large representative from Montana represents 1 million. In Maryland it is one per 700K.
Judy, I love the message. Shut it down and keep it shutdown until we get the country out of this mess. If Obama and Reid and Pelosi want kids to go hungry and veterans to not receive benefits it’s on them.
Yes, Keesha, and meanwhile the White House chefs, in fact the entire kitchen staff are on duty and working hard. Formerly when I heard the term “White House Mess” I thought they were referring to the food service operation at the executive mansion. Actually the whole darn place is a ‘mess’.
Judy according to ABC only 15 of 90 people who work in the private quarters of the White House including the kitchen are still on duty!
Judy don’t let the truth get in your way!
Judy, I’m calling Pelosi’s office to see if she would be willing to sell one of the 2 Jaguar’s owned by her and her husband to help feed hungry kids or maybe even just lend one of them to get some of the family of KIA war veterans to Dover to meet the returning caskets.
Good Greif , cant we just impeach the pres…and get this nightmare off the backs of the Middle class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can’t. The House can and than the Senate would have to try him. That didn’t work out to well for the GOP in the 90’s and will probable not here either.
Sorry, Mad Republican, being a petulant toddler and throwing tantrums because you don’t get your way isn’t an impeachable offense.
The Pelosi’s own 2 Jaguars? OMG. I may have to change my name.
Oh, and, CDev and Because, before you start sniping, I am getting my way. We are in day 11 of the shutdown and all is well enough. Now if we could find a way to do it in Maryland.
Day 13 draws to a close and all is well. Still trying to figure out to do it i Maryland.
Are you hoping for default too? Btw in cased you missed it 800k gallons of oil spilled all over ND!
800thousand gallons spilled ALL OVER ND? Are you out of your mind? 800K gallons is really a very small spill which is within the locall jurisdiction’s ability and responsibility to correct. The lawyers and accountants of the EPA will make hay of this unless it is one of George Soros’ companies, in which case it willbe called a repuiblican ownership.
Apperently it is the largest land Oil Spill covering 7 acres!
Cdev –
And the government could not have stopped it.
The US is falling apart since the government is shutdown, Not!
correct but they could help with clean up but they are on furlough!
Cdev, are you implying that federal workers would have gone out and cleaned up the spill? I thought you were obtuse, but have decided that you are actually just stupid.
SOme would have you also might have had some inspections, I mean we can trust the locals and the company. They only took 11 days to say anything!!!!
Hay Alex ,,,,nice of you to wake up.. :0)..Of course I don’t belive impeachment would happen,All the Sick , lame , and lazy wouldn’t hear of it (some people DO need ASSISTANCE ) . But the thousands of people ABUSING that ASSISTANCE need to be identified and fined and jailed..Hay at least they would get 3hots and a a cott :0)
Can’t happen.
The President is wrecking havoc but he’s not done anything that rises to an impeachable offense.
Common sense agian you are proving me right, you have no common sense, the minority in the Republican house is holding the Country hostage.
Word, Put down the crack pipe and go back to sleep… Make sure your Colt45 is on ice so you are ready for MSNBC and Al Sharpton…
Truth I will be praying for your salvation and God wisdom to come to you.
Word
Which Obama do you like better, the one that talks like the Reverand Jesse Jackson, the Obama that talks like the nerdy white CPA or the Obama that tries to play it cool like the venerable Danzel Washington?
Guess you missed one from the episode “Obama The Early Days” where he goes to Ireland suddenly starts to speak as if he believes himself a leprecheun. Seriously find it on you tube…funny as crap. Maybe use “Obama” “Ireland” “accent” and it should come up. It’s a must see.
@Word on the Street –
You live on dead end street with one house and you should pray for your own redemption.
Just get rid of the republican party and the problem is solved.
The solution is even simpler than that… all the Republicans have to do is toss this back to Obama and say Ok, if one is in, we’re all in. If Obamacare is so great lets all jump in. No exceptions, no delays, no exclusions. That includes all of Congress, his Highness, Michelle and the girls. If it’s good enough for the peasants it’s good enough for the DC elite. Do it. Do it now. If not, explain to the American people why you won’t join or force your rich donors, their companies and the unions to join. Oh, and Babs, if you want to get the gas out of the Senate, just stay home under your bridge.
Amazing how the liberals overlook the fact that Obama and many politicians are exempt from this wonderful law. Shouldn’t Obama lead by example on this? Well, why should he start leading now after five years of hiding behind Pelosi’s skirt.
Also, shouldn’t Harry Reid lead by example…I heard the other day that his state is exempt from Obamacare!!! True? False?
Do you make this up? What source said that Nevada was exempt from this law? Furthermore what school taught you US Senators have executive authority in a state?
Are you really that clueless? Look it up yourself and stop being so damn intellectually lazy
I am not the one who made the claim. I searched the internet for Nevada exempt ACA and found nothing from a credible source. This was the first result!!!
http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/10/01/15-myths-the-media-should-ignore-during-obamaca/196181
SO I am simply asking kaz to back up their claim and explain why he thinks Harry Reid is the Executive of the State of Nevada, Last time I checked it was Brian Sandoval….a Republican! So if Nevada is not participating by expanding Medicaid and setting up exchanges. That would not be Harry Reid’s decision!
He’s not exempt. His job offers health benefits!
To: Cdev says: First who is saying US Senators have executive power. I said Harry Reid is not passing any resolutions. No one said he exempted his state…duh!!!! Sorry, his state was granted a “waiver”.!
Obamacare Waivers Granted to Nevada and New Hampshire
8:33 AM, May 19, 2011 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON
President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), headed by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, has now granted Obamacare waivers to the entire states of Nevada and New Hampshire. In its letter to Nevada, HHS admits that, without the waiver, “there is a reasonable likelihood” that Obamacare would result in “market destabilization, and thus harm to consumers.” Thus, to try to keep insurers from fleeing that state, HHS has exempted Nevada from a portion of Obamacare’s long list of mandates and requirements. HHS also admits to a “reasonable likelihood” that Obamacare would “destabilize the individual market” in New Hampshire, and has granted it a statewide waiver as well.
You sure implied it. The reality is a waiver of a section or part is not the whole act and the Republican Governor is the one who requested the waiver!!!!!!
BTW your article is what….two years old!!!!!!!
The Waiver is still in place for Nevada. 2013 – No changes.
Do you even know what the waiver….not an exemption is for? The waiver is for a specific provision that is allowed to be waived under the law!!!!!! The provision for the waiver was put there to keep insurers in buisness!!!!
Nevada is not exempt from Obamacare as you suggested!!!! READ!!!!!
Actually it is no coincidence that the most ordered food at the Senate Dining Room (taxpayer subsidized) is Senate Bean Soup.
So that is where the foul odor is coming from. I thought it was halitosis.
Does anyone really believe that shutting down the government is worse than borrowing more and more money? We’re already sixteen thousand billion in the hole. I say shut down the gov, pay off our debts, vote every incumbent out and stop giving away free cell phones and tablets.
The dems lie about the shut down. They are intentionally hurting people during this. Yet, at election they say how much they care about us. Rand Paul cleared it up about how much of the government was shut down. I say stop the politicians paychecks and this would have been settled long ago. That 100 million dollar vacation money that the King and Queen took would help many of the soldiers families who just came back in a metal casket. On the other hand we do need to get the government up and running so we can get back to the investigation of the murder of our people in Benghazi, fast and furious, the IRS scandal and the other scandals that this administration is involved in.
And this President has so honorably upheld our hard won constitution. Give me a break!
He is violating his ACA by not enforcing all the provisions, he is not allowed to pick and choose what law he wants to enforce. If this was a republican the liberals and their media would be pounding the war drums 24/7. @Because AKA David A Porter, I hope the Koch Brothers and some other right wingers buy up some of the media in this country so we can have a monopoly on the media to. This would help the economy because the truth sells.
So do lies, especially when they pander to the paranoid, stupid, mentally ill or ignorant among us.
David A Porter, you are still talking about liberals right?
Marc, I have to disagree with you on this one. I don’t think that Because is David A. Porter. Although they are both Marxist fools, I think Because is just a silly little girl.
In my America, Vets will be DENIED access to national parks and memorials.
In my America, I don’t need to negotiate with republicans – I get what I want or punish you.
In my America, CRIMINAL illegal aliens get to protest on the capital and I will do nothing.
In my America, I will not pay death benefits to military personnel who have died serving our country.
In my America, I will treat American citizens like criminals by spying on them using the NSA.
In my America, catholic priests will not be allow to perform services on Sundays on military bases.
In my America, if you disagree with my political ideology I will have you investigated and harassed using the IRS.
In my America, if you disagree with me I will label you a racist.
In my America, it is perfectly fine to have three separate flights to take the first family on vacation with the president on one flight, the first lady on another and the first dog on an osprey.
In my America, there is more security guarding the WWII memorial during a government shutdown then security guarding an American Embassy in Benghazi.
In my America, we will take you guns away from you to save the life of one potential child but we will not pass a separate house bill to save one child through cancer research funding.
In my America, the president has visited all 57 states.
In my America, I will instruct the Boarder Patrol NOT to arrest illegal aliens.
In my America, I will pick and choose what laws and what parts of laws I choose to follow.
In my America, I will take your private property and distribute it to people who I deem deserve it more than you do.
In my America, I will call my opposition terrorists but will not call terrorists “terrorists”.
In my America, I will decide through agencies like the EPA what industries I want to prosper and what industries (like coal) I want to eliminate through excess regulation and taxation.
Best post ever!!!
Excellent comments where are the Libatards replies?
Watch the news show on Sunday. The liberal talking points are out and the key words for them will be “the republicans own this”. “this will hurt the republicans in 2014 and 2016”, and the best will be no mention of Obama’s falling approval numbers. When Debbie Wasserman Shultz can’t put a complete sentence together on this you know the liberal ship is sinking.
When people call us tea baggers this is a good sign. When a liberal is out of ideas and has no arguments to debate it is all about name calling and anger. We tea baggers have had enough of Washington, we have had enough of liberals and RINOS like McCain and others. We have been asking for new leaders and Cruz, Lee, Rubio, and Rand Paul have stepped up. Times are a changing.
John McCain said that the republicans own this on Friday along with several other republicans!
MccCain is a hack – he is another Obama butt licker, like you.
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haireyless Reed,,,,, OPEN YOUR FAT HEAD!
OMG, where to start. I need TWO bottles of Pepto-Bismol after this one! Mikulski wants to make sure the bills are paid? WHAT ABOUT THE DEBT YOU ARE RACKING UP FOR YOUR OWN GRANDCHILDREN? Is there no end to your duplicity? And you’re worried about small business? Hey – aside from your own ruination of both small and large businesses with the EPIC FAILURE OF OBAMACARE that you and Cardin and Hoyer so shamefully led the charge on, you need to go see OWE-Malley on that one. He has personally chased most of the small businesses out of Maryland. (My new bumper sticker is: WELCOME TO MARYLAND – WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET ? ) Back to the closures: Are you and Reid PROUD about denying benefits to families of fallen soldiers – after specific efforts were taken to make SURE that would not happen ? How utterly DISGUSTING all of you are.
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To my knowledge, Mikulski has no children or grandchildren. Why should she care how much debt is created, she doesn’t plan on having to pay for any of it. She is spending your money and she is a pro at spending others money. She has been doing it for decades.
Mikulski couldn’t have children, even though she tried. She has yet to learn that you don’t make them with spit.
Not only did she not make any using her own body, she didn’t adopt any of the many needy other children who needed a good home. She is the typical liberal who runs her mouth.
While you are being critical of her seeming reluctance to care for others more needy – do you have any accomplishments you would like to share about your womb or your care for those less fortunate? Or are you the typical hypocrite full of criticism for others but unwilling to pony up where your mouth goes?
This troll is like the rest of the democrat party. They will stand with criminals who are protesting immigration to get their vote. The democrat party is the plantation party. The keep minorities on the plantation with promises of shining objects only to get their vote. Obama has done nothing for minorities, take a look at unemployment among young blacks. Why will Obama only go to rich areas and give his empty speeches? He never seems to go to the poverty stricken areas like inner city Detroit to give his never ending campaign speeches. Typical liberal and RINOS, go where the votes are and spread your lies. If they really cared why won’t they refuse paychecks until this is settled? I mean both sides on this. When the Washington Post and New York Times start to criticize you ACA you know it is in trouble.
http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/10/13/nyt-and-wapo-unleash-devastating-takedowns-obamacare-these-are-not-glitches
@Because
I have two of my own, and two that are adopted. I am concerned about the future for all four of them. Sen. Mikulski is someone who has always tried to capitalize on the misfortune of others to advance her own personal gain. When she was young she was probably well intentioned. Now, she is just another loud mouth politician.
Marc Eaton and his ilk are truly what is wrong with this country. It warms my heart to know him and his extremist party is so fractured they will never gain any control in this country ever again. The sooner we are all rid of them the sooner this country can get back on track.
Extremist? JFK had the same platform as the current Tea party “extremists”
Lower taxes to boost the economy.
And what will you have left when you are rid of those actually paying the taxes?
After 12 years of Bush’s lower taxes how is that “boosted economy” working out for you? Go back to your village B, they miss you.
Not even Bill Clinton would stoop that low and be thankful she did not adopt, one child saved from liberalism mental disorder. Besides Babs and he side would rather kill babies then adopt them.
Lower tax rates were not the cause of the recession. Higher taxes are however what is prolonging it. Thank you for the blame bush tactic though, I thought you libs had finally given up on that and taken some responsibility. Silly me.
Correct Lower taxes are not the cause of the recession but are the cause of record debt along with the continued spending like a drunken sailor. That is the fault of BOTH parties!!!!
Still blaming Bush! Well, when you have nothing to back your position fall back to blaming Bush. Obama rule number 1.
12 years of tax cuts that have resulted in this “boosted economy” is blaming Bush? If you say so.
Obama’s $6 TRILLION in spending hasn’t done shit for our economy either ……….. other than run up our national debt – moron.
Well Paul B, I had a small business and when the housing market crashed in 2008 thanks to Barney Frank and crew the money was not coming in. Construction was about 70% of my business. Now if I would have taken the liberal way of thinking I would have went out and bought two $180,000.00 dollar trucks and more units and go into debt. Now, liberal math would tell me that by going into more debt to the tune or around $300,000.00 with no money to pay it back my business would grow. Maybe in the Socialists Communist world that the President comes from this works. Here in the USA this liberal math will ruin you. All the King has done is given us 6 trillion in unpatriotic debt which is “Unamerican” his words. Now he has a ACA which is a cluster flop and you sheeple that worship at the feet of this douche refuse to see what it will do to our country. Take of the liberal math goggles and look at facts, and not Bill Maher talking points.
Labeling you a racist is rule #2.
TERM LIMITS NOW!!! START WITH FOSSILS LIKE BABS!!!!!
Don’t you wish you could vote for your own raise and other benefits? They would have to vote for term limits so we know this will never take place.
Senator Mikulski,
Has the Senate held that vote yet to find FDA. You said a few days ago that it was vitally important. You said “Senate Democrats want to open up FDA so it can continue serving the nation and serving the world.” Just wondering if you and Senator Reid had scheduled the vote yet. I mean he is the Senate Majority Leader and you are the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. If you two heavy hitters can’t get it done I would be astonished.
The federal government is not a buffet for you to pick and choose what you want on your plate Judy. You can pay for birth control for others Judy, just like they can pay for mental health benefits for you.
Exactly. I’m sure your parents would have used those benefits had they been available to them.
I wish they would have used birth control in his case.
Because, I’m asking the good senator if she and the Senate Majority Leader have scheduled a vote for the FDA funding that she insists is vitally important. Has nothing to do with what I want. She WANTS THE FRIGGING FDA funded and she was on the steps of the Capitol and on TV saying quite loudly that she badly wanted it done. So all she has to do is get Reid to schedule the vote. Simple as that. Does she want it or not?
No, she does not want it. She would rather run her mouth. She is just like the smart black man… both like to run their mouth.
Because the government is a al a carte departmental bureaucratic system where we can pick an choose.
Senator Mikulski,
No need to be petulant. I’m sure Jaguar Judy’s use of the term “heavy hitters’ when she referred to you and Senator Reid had nothing to do with your weight. But I do have to echo Judy’s question – when are you and Harry going to schedule the vote to fund the FDA that you are repeatedly saying is ‘vitally important’? How about today? Oh, that’s right, today is a federal holiday. Well, maybe when you get back from the beach.
Wow. All of you tea baggers are missing the point. Obamacare SHOULD HAVE NOTHING to do with the shutdown. The Republicans, or at least the tea party are blackmailing the Dems. Even if you hate the Affordable Care Act it should have nothing to do with this. That’s why Obama won’t negotiate.
You ram a bill down our throats then expect us to lay down and take it? F you.
What bill was rammed down your throat? The ACA was debated for 6 months!
And how did that vote get passed again? You have gone from moderate to total Liberal hack.
The same way most things get passed. They had two bills than they went to conference committee and the bill was voted on. It is called regular order!
Than – then. To – too – two. Just in case your teachers never taught you the correct use of the english language.
More importantly though, the Obamacare bill went through the motions of conference, but it wasn’t until the administration promised some really shady crap to Ben Nighthorse Nelson and Mary LAndreau that they were able to get th mess passed without accepting any input from republicans nor one single vote from a republican.
The GOP had a lot of input in committee. It was in committee for like 3 months!
Plus didn’t Chuck Grassley add the amendment requiring Congress to use the Market Places?
President Obama owns the government shutdown.
The House is doing what it is entitled to do and if the President wants make this right he can.
You own the shutdown with your ignorance and unwillingness to abide by the law of the land because you hate the smart black man who was elected twice. You are part of a hateful bunch of people that if you do not get your way you will hold the rest of us hostage with your demands even though you are among the minority. The house is behaving like a small loud bunch of spoiled children insisting they get their candy bar because if you don’t we’ll scream real loud and continue to scream until you give in to our demands. You are a spoiled bunch of people that simply want it your way. And as much as you talk about entitlement this is precisely what you are, because you think you are better than everyone else instead of merely equal to everyone else because of some false sense of moral superiority which falls apart when you denigrate those you feel are beneath you or different from you.
Funny, we have a constitution that the left and Obama ignore all the time. Budgets. None in five years. Vote an unconstitutional law for the President to sign in the wee hours of the night with NO input or vote from the other side. This is the law the left wants to enforce. Things that make you go Duh! Not negotiating is what a Dictator does, not a leader of our country. His lack of leadership in his life is really coming to the surface now. It is about time someone stands up to this Boy Child President. With a 37% approval rating I think the left owns this shut down. The country has tanked since 2006, now what changed in 2006? Who warned the left of the housing bubble in 2003? Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and the rest of the left said that the housing market was sound and ignored the warning. Come on David A Porter put on your big boy pants and take it like a socialist, you all built this.
Please explain how this is unconstitutional when all three branches of government were consulted and ruled according to the constitution. This Obamacare act that everyone is up in arms about was voted into law by BOTH houses in Congress. That means that the majority of those who voted, passed the law. Saying that Obama signed it at some late night behind closed doors makes it seem as though it was a big secret, when we all know this was all quite public. And finally the Supreme Court, which is quite conservative, upheld the act as constitutional. So please tell where exactly is it unconstitutional when all three branches of OUR government have exercised their checks and balances?
David A Porter, 10/12/2013 @ 3:23 PM stated
“You are part of a hateful bunch of people that if you do not get your way you will hold the rest of us hostage with your demands even though you are among the minority. The house is behaving like a small loud bunch of spoiled children insisting they get their candy bar because if you don’t we’ll scream real loud and continue to scream until you give in to our demands. You are a spoiled bunch of people that simply want it your way. And as much as you talk about entitlement this is precisely what you are, because you think you are better than everyone else instead of merely equal to everyone else because of some false sense of moral superiority which falls apart when you denigrate those you feel are beneath you or different from you.”
David A Porter, this pretty much covers Obama and Harry Reid to. And remember he is half white. Smart, have to really disagree with you on that one.
@David A. Porter Because you are a Race Baiter
Admit your hatred Common. It’s clear to the rest of us. Delusion is common to so many like you. The first step is recognition.
Because I feel sorry for you.
You are so full of vitriol and contempt.
We don’t agree with your liberal progressive ideology.
Bryan, ACA is the problem. If Obama is going to give out all these exemptions to Unions, big business (who all liberals hate) then maybe there is a problem and it should be looked at again. If this is such a great thing why are Obama and his family and other politicians exempt from this wonderful law? Think about it.
Full of yourself again Marc.
http://www.factcheck.org/2013/09/factchecking-pernicious-obamacare-claims/
Reality has a known liberal bias. You, not so much.
Obama is not exempt from it. His employer offers health Insurance and congress has greater restrictions than the average American!
As soon as I see the word “tea-bagger” in any of these posts, I know we’re about to hear from another desperate liberal.
“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
Maybe it is time that these words are meaningful to the left again.
Secede B. We will watch you at the docks and wave you a hearty farewell as you leave our shore.
I am not the one who has turned his back on what this nation stands for. I believe in the liberty and the Constitution you have cast aside.
I challenge you David, to go out there and make it on your own instead of your cushy ride on our coat tails. Maybe then you will have some appreciation of not wanting the fruits of your labors taken and given to another that is unwilling to work.
@Paul B. My ilk? My party does not stand with criminals and help them protest. Your party however will send riot police to keep WWII vets who are 85 years old out of the War Memorial they fought for. Who do you think the rest of the country finds more disgusting? I going to go with the libaturds like you. Keep thinking you are winning. In 2014 when the Senate goes back to the Republicans and we keep the house we will finally impeach the communist dimwit and save the country.
Would you call removing National Park Service property and ignoring the lawful order of a police officer criminal?
That national park service “property” like the parks themselves belongs to the people of this nation, not to your beloved federal government.
No like the barricades put there because no one wants to pay for their mantinence! That property and it is your government too!
The house passed the bill to fund national parks days ago – your jackass messiah rejected it.
Either way stealing them is a crime. Jesus Christ is my Messiah and that lovely gathering of Racists, where’s the Birth Certificate, Obama is a Muslim crowd simply used the Vets as pawns. BTW when did Palin, Cruz and Lee actually serve in the military?
When confronted with superior intellect, resort to calling people racist.
I have had it with you and your ilk.
600 thousand people (most of them white) died in the civil war fighting to end slavery and you have the balls to label any white person who agrees with you racist.
Do us all a favor and STFU!
Not all members of the Tea Party are racists, This rally did however contain a significant chunk of racists who are all in the TEA Party.
Are you defending this as not racist?
“I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand that this president leave town,” said Klayman, a founder of the conservative Freedom Watch political advocacy group. Before a crowd at the “Million Vets March on the Memorials” Klayman demanded that President Barack Obama “… get up, to put the Quran down, to get up off his knees, and to figuratively come out with his hands up.”
“In 237 years, our country has declined more than Rome took 2000 years to do,” he said. “We are ruled, quote-unquote, by a president that bows down to Allah.”
There is no need to defend the actions of anyone in DC, most of all anyone there protesting the current actions of our government.
You don’t really know how many people participated in the rally, and you don’t know how many people were or were not racists. Your comment that a significant chunk of the rally participates were racists is just more hyperbole coming from you. You also don’t know how many participants in the rally were Tea Party members. All you really know is what you get from the media, and you must spend all day at home listening and watching. As often as you are on the Dagger, one might assume that you are housebound, or retired with no hobbies or friends to occupy your time. Your instance on calling people names and labeling them for their thoughts or principles would explain why you don’t have many friends.
True it is an opinion based on pictures and a first hand account I heard. I mean the guy waving the confederate flag was probably not a racist correct? The rally was supposed to be for vets but it seems like the people at the Value Voter Summitt came on down, I am sure a significant portion of them are TEA party members. The crowd of folks who can best be labeled as birthers and seem to claim to be TEA oarty members are not racists right????? I think you need to understand. I am not saying that all TEA partiers are racist but the birthers, and secret muslim crowd are and those that pssively condone it are too!
By the way, yes I am labeling people who hate black people as racist. That is a reasonable reaction. Larry Klaman is a racist. Orly Taitz is a racist. The person who organizexd the truckers is a racist. This is not name calling it is stating facts!!!!!
BTW the vets didn’t like the company….
http://1mvetmarch.wordpress.com/
Cdev, No one hates poor black people more than the Lib/Dems who daily concoct programs to keep them under-educated and unemployed and dependent on the government for everything they have. It’s just slavery in a modern day form. Which age and race group has the highest unemployment rate? Young black men. (Source NAACP). Why? Under-education coupled with illegal immigration. And the Lib/Dems own both of those reasons. Up until the 1960’s the Democratic Party was first pro-slavery then supporters of Jim Crow. Now they have found a new way.
Whose labeling groups of people?
BTW the pro slavery democrats, left and formed a third party called the dixiecrats…..what party did they join after that?
Blacks sold their own people into slavery. Hundreds of thousands of white people died in the civil war so that blacks could live in the United States as a free people. Yet you claim at every turn that white people are racist.
The war on poverty has been going on since 1965 and even taking upwards of 40% of what working people make – and you claim we still don’t give you enough to help you and your people in your struggle.
You have a black president, black mayors, governors, police, fire fighters and on and on……… yet we are against the advancement of black people with Obama getting 53% of the vote and blacks making up only 18% of the population.
Maybe the fact that 70% of black children are born into fatherless homes may be more of a reason for your failures than mine. Blacks have done more damage to themselves as a people than any group of whites ever could.
On average 7,000 blacks are killed every year and 95% of them are killed by blacks and where is the outrage in the black community. One idiot waves a confederate flag at a rally and all tea party members are racist.
If that is racist, you can label me a racist and I will label you an idiot.
Not ALL white people are racist, not ALL republicans are racist, not ALL tea Partiers are racist. however some are. It was on display in the photos I saw of the event and the hate some of the people spewed forth. Not all of the 1000 or so paricipants are racist but a good chunk was.
One person spewed hate and one had a confederate flag out of the so called 1000 or so participants. That, you think, is a “good chunk”. I used to think you were somehow a lonely person who just needed this forum as an outlet. Now, I’m not so sure. You’re certainly caught up in this racism issue, and the more I read your comments the more I conclude that you may be the biggest racist among those who are. The true race merchants are those who can’t have a normal conversation without somehow bringing race into the equation, and you’re right up there with the best of them.
CDevs claim about the Dixiecrats above is not correct. A vast majority of the Dixiecrats remained democrats. A few such as Strom Thurmond did change , but most remained democrat.
@B –
Cdev doesn’t need to be accurate or truthful to spread his ideology.
Cdev wasn’t born in the US and is challenged by US history and the english language.
Fruitcake. Who is paid to maintain it?
Cdev you are a race baiter.
And not all liberal progressives are racist.
Barb, Occupy Wall Street crapped on our flag. Trashed where they were staying. Rapes, overdoses and so on. They found one flag and a few “racist” people ( who could have been plants by the left) and the liberal Obama media is having an orgasm over this. They hate that we “Tea Baggers” are law abiding civilized Americans. All they have to look up to is Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Boxer, Babs, Kennedy’s and the list goes on. What the left fears is that people are tired of the lies by the left and that poor people and minorities are still poor 50 years later of voting for these people. When I say these people I mean Dems and RINOS. King O has done nothing for the poor and the middle class, but screw us. A black President was a historical event, now we just have to wait for a competent honest black man to run again and make us all proud.
Klaman was not a plant by the liberal left. He was in town speak at the Value Voters Summit across town, he was invited to speak. Not by the real non-partisan organizers. He is clearly a racist. Zeeda Andrews was not a liberal plant. She is also a devout racist and Anti-Semite in addition to not actually being a trucker as she claimed.
Today marks the end of the 2nd week of the partial shutdown. And we are still thriving and surviving. The Lib/Dems said it was going to be terrible. They are wrong again. The Dems and POTUS are throwing their tantrums and most of the media are cheering them on.
NPR, for example, have to support them all since NPR couldn’t make it on their own without infusions of hard cash from the left and the government. Oh, by the way, Because, the “smart black man” you repeatedly reference is not Mr. Obama but people like Ben Carson and Juan Williams who see these guys for what they are. That would be the same Juan Williams who the two white liberal chicks from NPR rode out of town on a rail because he dared to tell the truth once in awhile.
Oh, by the way, Because, the “smart black man” you repeatedly reference is not Mr. Obama but people like Ben Carson and Juan Williams who see this guy for what he is. Don’t confuse smart with arrogant, devious and hypocritical.
The economic impact will be felt for years the political impact on the GOP will be felt for ever, fortunately they will never recover from this.
Don’t be so sure Paul. I had voted as a Democrat prior to this last mess. While I don’t believe in shutting down government for petty political purposes, I also don’t believe one should lay aside their principles and leadership responsibilities for political gain. The longer this goes on with the President publicly pandering for political gain, rather than negotiating for the good of the country, the less he will be respected along with his party.
My days of always voting for a Democrat are over.
That’s great you voted dem barbara, I personally have always voted republican and am well aware the president has negotiated for the last 5 years and now a few wish to re-negotiate things that have nothing to do with the debt ceiling or the shutdown. Wake up you are suffering stockholm syndrome.
Tell me Paul, exactly what has the President given up that was important to him so that he could meet the other party in the middle? Remember, the first two years he didn’t have to give up anything since the Dems controlled the house. I keep hearing that the President has negotiated and reached a compromise, but when you ask what he gave up, all you hear is that he gave up increased taxes.
Exactly what did the President meet in the middle on? His staff suggested the sequester to reach compromise on the last debt ceiling raise. When Boehner and Reid accepted that idea and it came to pass, the President and his political bobbing heads started screaming about how bad it would be if it were implemented and immediately went to the blame game against the republicans. This man knows no shame, and Harry Reid is even worse.
His budget amount. The CR passed in september was only slightly more than they Ryan Budget and far less than the Senate and house passed budgets and less than requested by Obama!
Cdev,
You make my point. All Obama gave up was increased taxes to support his total increased spending requests. The result was a CR that was more spending than before, but less than he requested, not less than he wanted. When your child requests an increase in their allowance of $10, and you give them $5, it’s not really a compromise if the child’s goal was only a $4 dollar increase.
The CR is almost exactly what the Ryan Budget called for.
Discretionary funds
Obama Budget 1,203 Billion
2014 Senate Budget 1,058 Billion
CLEAN CR 986 Billion
2014 Ryan Budget 967 Billion
There is already a major compromise. Obama got burned last time he “negotiated with the house republicans at the begining of the year. Their problem is they do not know what they really want!
This is a matter of who you want to believe. The House Leader says that the President keeps moving the goal posts. While I don’t know if that is actually true, as you don’t know if Obama really got burned, what we really do know is that Obama has moved the goal posts with regard to Obama care. That’s what the exemptions are all about.
In January he did not move the goal post. He worked out a deal with the Speaker and than he backed out. BTW are you OK with the nice house rules change where only Eric Cantor can call for a vote on a privelaged motion? I guess they do not even trust their own party!!!!! I thought the GOP was in favor of regular order?
You’re civics challenged Barbara. Spending levels are dictated by Congress. They lack the temerity to reign in their own spending. The President merely executes the law of the land as mandated by the Congress. You just hate the Smart Black Man. None of you existed before 2008. Then you came out on the street corners and bitched about creeping socialism when we were just starting to tank as an economy because of the exorbitant spending in two wars that seemed to never end. They literally lasted longer than the Vietnam War. But none of you seems to have the courage to admit that George capitalized on your fears and your belief that somehow you are some sort of American Master Race. Because God says so.
Paul you vote dem? I call BS on this.
I voted for Richardson, McCain, Nader, Gore, Perot, Clinton. Notice I am not devot to a single party either. You should never be devotly swallowing all one side feeds you. That mentality is what got us into this mess!
Somebody tell me what the hell Cdev just said!
Essentially vote your mind and stop voting for a party. Vote for the person! Think, use your brain!!!!
Judy,
What is your take on Oct 17th? Do you believe e should raise the debt ceiling and pay the bills or default?
Cdev,
Actually I do believe it needs to be raised temporarily – about 6 months – and not by the amount that the Democrats and POTUS want. With the proviso that when 6 months are up there will be no more increases. None. And the message to all of these jerks is “Don’t ask for another increase. It’s not going to happen. Get the fiscal house in order or leave town.” And when I say “all of these jerks” they aren’t all Lib/Dems but many of the are.
How would you propose eliminating the deficit?
A serious question deserves a serious answer. I doubt that too many folks would like my approach, but never fear I have no intention of becoming any kind of “civil servant” or “elected official”. The first and most important step in eliminating the deficit is to talk and think honestly. Don’t call a reduction in increase a reduction and so forth. Now what is the deliented mission of the federal government? That question is actually quite easy to answer. The Constitution outlines the powers and authorities. If it ain’t in the Constitution stop funding and doing it! Now of course that presumes that it someone else’s ox that’s being gored. If you work for EPA, HHS, NLRB,ETC, ETC you have to disagree. The federal government is too large, too slow and too expensive. Once you pare down to only performing your assigned mission you can take a 10, 20 30% cut in costs quite easily.
Does that mean we should eliminate the standing Armies, Airforce, Nasa as well since they are not called for in the Constitution?
You know the answer as well as I do, Cdev. If your household spends more than you (and your spouse if you have one and they are employed) makes in income then you do the common sense thing. You stop spending so much. Somehow people have been hoodwinked in to thinking that government is different. It isn’t. Tell me the reaction you would get from your employer if you went to them and said (Hey, my expenses are more than you pay me so I need you to pay me enough to cover what I spend.” Don’t be silly.
You could or you could increase your income by getting a second and third job. My point is what do you think this national household needs to live without that is optional which will eliminate the deficiet. Is it possible an income increase will be required?
Will an increase be required? NO! This government has been spending every dollar it gets and many, many more beyond that and the answer is we are done with profligate spending on billions and billions of dollars of silliness. I know the Lib/Dems just can’t get that concept and that is why there was sequestration, why there is now a shutdown and why it is going to come up again and again and again. Sorry the Lib/Dems don’t like that but that is how it is going to be. And when people like Pelosi say there is nothing left to cut they are either beyond stupid or liars. I will leave it to you to decide which.
Yes. Only an idiot would believe that the 40% we borrow to pay for the things we want can be handled by cuts alone.
Do you understand that when you grow the economy, you expand the tax base, which increases your total? You can’t tax enough to pay off the debt, and you can’t lower the value of the dollar forever.
Do I need to go over deficit and debt for you one more time?
Because you don’t understand how tax revenue can go up without raising taxes.
Because you don’t believe that you can cut government spending.
Because you don’t want to let people and businesses keep more of what they earn in the economy as opposed to paying a greater tax burden to an ever-growing government bureaucracy.
Because you have no clue on how an economy works and how taxes crush growth.
Because you want misery to be a shared standard by all and can’t accept that some people will do better than others.
Because you are selfish.
Try reading Article 1, section 8 cdev
Yup cut the standing Army will help a lot!!!!
Like 74% of this nation disapproves of the GOP, and about 59% with the Dems and Obam’s approval rating is going up. What does thaty tell you?
WSJ and AP have Obama approval rating slumping to 37%. How is that going up? They are the two most recent polls.
Rasmusen who I cited up top!!!!
The Rasmussen poll you reference only polled “likely” voters, where the WSJ and AP polled a much broader sample of citizens. Regardless, many polls exist with varied results. They are only fodder for the media and those who believe the mass media.
Ras took numbers every day for an extended period of time. Using a consistent methodology. It shows over the last few weeks polling everyday that his approval rating is going up.
However according to ABC news it has remained flat
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/disapproval-of-gop-peaks-in-blame-for-the-budget-crisis/
It tells me that you can’t even report the poll numbers correctly. Obama’s approval ratings dropped below 37% on Friday. You really are stupid Cdev.
According to whose numbers?
You do know the shut down costs more money than being open?
How so?
http://crfb.org/sites/default/files/09232013_everything_you_should_know_about_government_shutdowns.pdf
This will explain
I read it. It didn’t prove anything. In fact it says that the figures vary widely and the supposition is that it cost money because all of the workers who didn’t work got paid anyway. If the workers who don’t work are not paid, a shutdown would save big bucks.
It also points out that the last shutdown cost 1.4 billion!
It says that the OMB “estimates” that the shutdown cost $1.4 billion. That number includes the cost of paying all of those employees who did not work but got paid anyway. Read the whole paragraph.
Given that the house unanimously passed a bill to pay them, I think that means they are going to pay them.
Well of course the House passed a bill to pay them. The House never wanted to shut down the government, that was a Harry Reid, smart black man idea. I WILL NOT NEGOTIATE!!!
You’re lying Barbara.
http://truthyism.com/senate-republicans-caught-on-camera-gloating-over-shutdown/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/30/1242582/-These-Republicans-voted-for-a-shutdown-while-saying-they-were-against-it
Your darling Michelle Bachmann was delighted. Tell us another story about Dinosaurs living peacefully alongside Adam and Eve. Help me believe in the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and Compassionate Conservative Christians. Help me understand that Faux News is Fair and Balanced.
You can do it Barbara, just repeat it loudly and often and eventually you will convince a lot of weak willed frightened fearful uninformed people to believe the same crap you believe.
Really????? I thought that:
“There are some Democrats, some in the media and some Republicans who portray a shutdown as a horrible calamity. I think the term ‘shutdown’ is a misnomer,” Cruz said Tuesday during a luncheon with conservative activists and bloggers at the Heritage Foundation. “It’s actually a partial, temporary shutdown. We have seen them before.”
These “partial, temporary” shutdowns, Cruz argued, happen “every single week on the weekend. Saturdays and Sundays we see temporary partial government shutdowns, and the world doesn’t end.”
A shutdown could even help conservative causes, Cruz added, pointing to balanced federal budgets that occurred after two shutdowns under former President Bill Clinton in the 1990s
From an interview by Ted Cruz in July!
Who was it that said a democrat is simply a republican who hasn’t been mugged yet. Our “civil servants” are about to get mugged for the first time and the employer is the one doing the mugging,
Well remember the government is not able to take in the income it once got from certian fees etc. Here is a document that explains briefly. the last shutdown coast the US about 1.4 Billion dollars!
Yes, they paid out money to keep the national parks closed and lost the revenue. But the Obama administration showed us all what petulant little egomaniac toddler brats they could be. It is actions like that where I know we have fools running the ship.
Parks lose money!!! That is my point a govt shut down costs more money. SO this we are shutting down the govt to reign in spending line is costing money!!!!!
No, Cdev, placing a spoiled little toddler in charge of the executive branch and having him throw a tantrum and tell the cabinet secretaries to make the public feel the pain no matter what it costs is what got us the dozens of examples of stupid actions taken by these guys. Many of us have always known we do not have a president that possesses and uses common sense. Now even his supporters know it. Good thing for him he is in his second and final term. I would love to have seen him close the WW2 memorial in his first term. He is not stupid. With stupid there is always a chance to educate. He and his core supporters are arrogant, hypocritical and devious.
The only petulant brats I see are the folks who want things they feel they do not have to pay for – and if you see no need for the service or entity yourself you are more than willing to see it shutdown and people thrown out of work. Go to a National Park Judy or to any of the businesses that thrive on the existence of a National Park and tell them what you think of them as non-essential personnel and entities. NASA does not turn a profit, National Parks do not turn a profit, OSHA does not turn a profit. Make a list of all the things you do not want to pay for and kindly visit each of them and tell them what you think.
Isn’t it actually your side that is not able to pay for what they want? 16 trillion debt, billion deficit, 90 trillion unfunded liability. Giant obamacare expense looming. But who cares, our grand children can pay our debts off in 50 or 60 years.
Now it seems we have a deal.
http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/senate-debt-limit-framework-emerges-medical-device-tax-off-table/
Would one of you liberals please explain this to me:
The Quote of the Decade:
“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”
~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006
. Some people pay attention, but I know, Mr. President, you know that most people do not.