Dems Invoke Pay as You Go

    In the second day with the House now under Democratic control, they took on new rules aimed at the deficit spending and more accountability when it comes to pork spending.

   With the new rules in affect, the House is required to pay for any proposal to cut taxes or increase spending on the most expensive federal programs by raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere. WaPo for more!

The vote: 280  said 'yes',152  said 'no' 

48 Republicans voted yes on the rules

Robert L. Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition,"It's important that they passed a pay-go rule because they're setting a standard for themselves. This is a way of saying 'There's a new sheriff in town' and 'We're going to be fiscally responsible. But, now, they're going to have to figure out how to live up to that standard. And that's going to be pretty tough."    The Story

 

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Republicans Feeling Left Out

Thursday, January 04, 2007

WASHINGTON —  In an historic vote lawmakers on Thursday formally named California Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the first female speaker of the House, making her next in the presidential line of succession after the vice president.

House Republicans claimed they were being excluded from the legislative process while in the Senate the GOP leader offered pledges of cooperation from the newly-minted minority.

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    Even when I am sleeping at night I can hear the Republicans crying about not being treated equally! They are excluded from the processes, yack, yack, yack!

John Boehner:"In 1994 when we took control of the House, 12 years ago, it wasn't that — we wanted to treat Democrats the way we had asked to be treated. And, frankly, that's what we did. What we really expect out of the Democrats is for them to treat us as they would like to have been treated"    More from FoxNews

    Can you just feel the love? I am wondering what planet or drug Mr. Boehner has been on for the past six years! I do not see how this man could make such a statement and keep a straight face at the same time.

    For my own part though, I think that the Democrats should treat the GOP just exactly in the same manner as they were treated for the past 12.

    The voters put the Democrats in the majority to get things done and to slow down that screw-up in the White House and if the Republicans can not handle the fact that they have no real say-so in matters, resign and then go the hell home!

     Nobody cares about your infantile crying and moaning! Leave the adults alone and let the real Americans do their job! The GOP had their chance and couldn't do anything because they were to damned busy lining their own pockets. Now, Get the fuck out of the way!

 

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