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October 14, 2013

So WHO Could Have Stopped The Shutdown BUT DIDN'T?

This happened this weekend (from FoxNews)
Veterans marched on Sunday in Washington in protest of the partial government shutdown that has kept them and other Americans from visiting war memorials across the country, with support from several star conservatives.

“This is the people's memorial,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told a crowd of several hundred gathered near the WWII Memorial on the closed National Mall, which has become a national symbol of the shutdown and the country’s response. “Simple question: Why is the federal government spending money to keep veterans out of the memorial? Why did they spend money to keep people out of Mount Vernon, Mount Rushmore? Our veterans should be above political games.”
Yes, they should be.  But it's the Ted Cruz and the Republicans who are playing right now.  You'll see in a minute.

Then there's this from the Wall Street Journal:
“Mr. Obama, Take down this fence,” yelled Aaron Everett of Pittsburgh, Pa. Asked why he was there, he said, “I don’t want to be told what I have to buy or what memorials I can’t see.” Several protesters said they sought to impeach the president and that they blamed him for the government shutdown.
You'll note the Reagan paraphrase as well the (possible) reference to the Individual Mandate section of the Affordable Care Act (which his news sources has failed to inform Mr Everett that it is actually an idea from the Scaife-funded Conservative Heritage Foundation).  Then there's the call for impeachment.  Why?  What's the high crime and/or misdemeanor?

Didn't they know that the House Republican leadership could have stopped the shutdown but didn't?

Let's go see how.

From Talkingpointsmemo:
Late on the night of Sept. 30, with the federal government just hours away from shutting down, House Republicans quietly made a small change to the House rules that blocked a potential avenue for ending the shutdown.
And here's the rule in it's original shut-down form this is "Clause 4 of Rule XXII" of the House Rules:
When the stage of disagreement has been reached on a bill or resolution with House or Senate amendments, a motion to dispose of any amendment shall be privileged.
TPM explains:
In other words, if the House and Senate are gridlocked as they were on the eve of the shutdown, any motion from any member to end that gridlock should be allowed to proceed. Like, for example, a motion to vote on the Senate bill. That's how House Democrats read it.
And this is how they changed it:
Any motion pursuant to clause 4 of rule XXII relating to House Joint Resolution 59 may be offered only by the Majority Leader or his designee.[Emphasis added.]
Meaning:
So unless House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) wanted the Senate spending bill to come to the floor, it wasn't going to happen. And it didn't.
And Speaker Boehner could end the shutdown today if he wanted to.  He has the votes to end it but still chooses not to.

Of course it's all here:


Of course it is.

3 comments:

Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™ said...

Anyone know where I can find the donor's list for TPM?

Even time Dayvoe quotes a "Conservative" source he has to cite the donors and establish links to Scaife no matter how byzantine.

Keep defending Obama's War on Veterans in which his regime spent more money to Barrycade and guard the WWII Memorial when it would cost less to just leave it open.

What's the high crime and/or misdemeanor?
1) Approving Gunwalking to Mexico to paid back the drug cartels for anonymously donating to his campaign website and help make true Obama's claim that 90 percent of all guns captured from the cartels originated in US gun shops.
2) Sicking the IRS on his political enemies.

Dayvoe said...

Well THAT's a new line of wingnut conspiracy BS I've never heard. Fast and Furious campaign contributions. Hahahaha

Again, HTTT unless and until you have actual facts to back these up, we'll just have to assume you're just making stuff up.

And I guess you haven't been watching the news: the IRS targeted liberal groups as well and there was no White House involvement. You do know your charge has already been debunked, right?

Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™ said...

I have the same amount of proof as progressive Thom Hartman's conspiracy BS that Reagan stole the election by making a arms deal with Iran to keep the hostages until after the elections.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvqI3i9oy8

IRS targeted 20% of the liberal groups and 100% conservative groups.

What liberal groups are still waiting to hear back on their 501c3 status.