Well 24 republicans joined 32 democrats for a 56-40 vote to push through $1.1 trillion CRomnibus bill that will fund the govt until Sept 2015. Curious, exeactly where is all this money coming from seeing that the US is broke? The National Debt just broke $18 trillion, we produce nothing, are no longer the manufacturing hub of the world. A trillion dollars is a lot of money....
... remember when these idgets used to battle over a couple billion?! To make matters worse, if it hasn't sunk in yet, this is only to get us to September! What exactly are we getting for $1.1 trillion? Higher taxes, increased healthcare costs, increase in cost of living & inflation?
Along with keeping the govt open (it would regardless) this means obamacare and obama's illegal amnesty is going to be funded. You would think after the Nov elections all Congressmen/women would get the hint we have had it with the games, but they don't care. After all, they are going to get an influx of 5 million+ new voters in a few years! Yes, yes illegals won't have a right to vote now but give it some time for progressives to make the argument about how "unfair" it is that illegals only have a few rights. Don't you worry obama and the progressives (R's & D's) will find a way to make it happen.
These 24 republicans need to be shamed when they return to their districts for Christmas break. If possible recall elections for those who didn't get kicked out in Nov need to initiated. Voters in CO proved recalls can be done, the question is do the people have the will?
Hope it's becoming clear to many that the democrats of today are more or less, by their words and actions, socialist if not closet communists. Republicans of today are democrats of yesterday. There is just a handful of rebels aka conservatives within the GOP looking out for us. We will have to wait and see how many of the new Senators just elected will join the rebels.
Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill, averting partial gov't shutdown
FoxNews
The Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill late Saturday that funds the government through next September, averting a partial government shutdown and sending the measure to President Obama's desk.
The Senate voted 56-40 for the long-term funding bill, the main item left on Congress' year-end agenda. The measure provides money for nearly the entire government through the end of the current budget year Sept. 30. The sole exception is the Department of Homeland Security, which is funded only until Feb. 27.
Hours earlier, the Senate had approved a short-term bill funding the federal government through Wednesday night, easing concerns of a potential partial government shutdown. The stopgap bill, which passed by a voice vote, bought lawmakers more time to comb through the separate $1.1 trillion long-term funding bill.
The votes capped a day of intrigue in the upper chamber of Congress that included a failed, largely symbolic Republican challenge to the Obama administration's new immigration policy, while Democrats launched a drive to confirm two dozen of Obama's stalled nominees to the federal bench and administration posts before their majority expires at year's end.
Several Republicans blamed tea party-backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for giving the outgoing majority party an opportunity to seek approval for presidential appointees, including some that are long-stalled.
"I've seen this movie before, and I wouldn't pay money to see it again," said Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., recalling Cruz' leading role a year ago in events precipitating a 16-day partial government shutdown that briefly sent GOP poll ratings plummeting.
Asked if Cruz had created an opening for the Democrats, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah said, "I wish you hadn't pointed that out," adding "You should have an end goal in sight if you're going to do these types of things and I don't see an end goal other than irritating a lot of people."...more
