[elklindo69]

Fearing another republican self inflicted gun shot wound to the foot, Boehner sent a 'clean' debt limit bill to a vote and it was approved....

(Reuters) - The House of Representatives narrowly approved a one-year extension of federal borrowing authority on Tuesday after Republicans caved into President Barack Obama's demands to allow a debt limit increase without any conditions.

The 221-201 vote, carried mainly by Democrats, marked a dramatic shift from the confrontational fiscal tactics House Republicans have used over the past three years, culminating in last October's 16-day government shutdown.

It came after House Republicans repudiated House Speaker John Boehner's latest plan to link an increase in the $17.2 trillion borrowing cap to a repeal of planned cuts to military pensions.

Although Boehner called his decision to advance a "clean" debt limit a "disappointing moment," it sets aside a difficult and divisive issue until after the 2014 congressional elections in November, allowing Republicans to focus their campaign efforts on the rocky launch of Obama's health care reform law.

Democrats provided most of the "yes" votes on the debt limit increase, which was hastily attached to a measure renaming an air traffic control center in Nashua, New Hampshire. There were 193 Democrats who voted yes, versus just 28 Republicans, who wanted to pin blame on Obama's refusal to negotiate.

[RealJustme]

Pure genius! Obama has created so many estoppels that the Republican President in 2016 will have almost unlimited power to use his pen and phone to modify or ignore any law he so chooses to do. The Republican controlled Senate and House will smile as liberals say it's not fair and violates the Constitution.

[Grog]

We can only hope the patriotic Tea Party Patriots will target those 28 Republicans for overthrow, employing 2nd Amendment remedies if necessary, to replace those RINOs with Real 'Mericans who know that default is a good idea.










Fredrico

[elklindo69]

Pure genius! Obama has created so many estoppels that the Republican President in 2016 will have almost unlimited power to use his pen and phone to modify or ignore any law he so chooses to do. The Republican controlled Senate and House will smile as liberals say it's not fair and violates the Constitution.

Doesn't know the difference between boarder and border, but somehow came up with...estoppel?

:roll:

[johnforbes]

As Democrats celebrate this, what are they cheering for?

Yet again, America keeps on spending, and entitlement programs which are demographically doomed keep heading onward.

Are liberals really so crazy that they want the U.S. to surrender all of its greatness?

Little more than a century ago, England and France played some role in the world. Today, they are nice places to visit, and nice to have on your side, but of little serious import on the global stage.