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TyronePoole 12-06-2012 05:43 PM
lol Mitch Mcconnell lol GOP
 
In case you thought the GOP stood for anything except obstructionism I give you this absurdity from Mitch 'one term' McConnell, filibustering his own bill because the Dems actually agreed to vote on it.

I don't want to hear anymore about "compromise" from Republicans again, this is a total farse and it shows where their true priorities are.

Debt Ceiling Bluff Called By Harry Reid, Leaving Mitch McConnell To Filibuster Himself

Quote:
Debt Ceiling Bluff Called By Harry Reid, Leaving Mitch McConnell To Filibuster Himself

WASHINGTON -- A move to embarrass Democrats backfired on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday as the Kentucky Republican proposed a vote on raising the nation's debt ceiling -- then filibustered it when the Democrats tried to take him up on the offer.

On Thursday morning McConnell had made a motion for the vote on legislation that would let the president extend the country's borrowing limit on his own. Congress would then have the option to disapprove such hikes, in a fashion similar to one that McConnell first suggested during last year's standoff over the debt ceiling.

The minority leader apparently did not think Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) would take him up on his offer, which would have allowed McConnell to portray President Barack Obama's desire for such authority as something even Democrats opposed.
video here:

McConnell Filibusters His Own Bill To Lift Debt Ceiling - YouTube

scout 12-06-2012 06:16 PM
Re: lol Mitch Mcconnell lol GOP
 
Wow. That good video also. McConnell, " the single most important thing we want to achieve is for the President to be a one-term president."
So, was he trying to outdo himself?

BelichickFan 12-06-2012 07:15 PM
Re: lol Mitch Mcconnell lol GOP
 
McConnell and Boehner are both terrible; that said, obama is a fool for acting like he can just demand to have control over the debt ceiling. For a supposed Constitutional Professor, obama is clueless but the Republicans badly need new leaders in Congress.


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