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Comment by Jeanne M Reid on July 29, 2011 at 1:53pm

Why can't Boehner and the Republican majority in the House throw its weight around the way the Dems did when Pelosi was Speaker of the House?  Why do the Republicans back down so easily?  Neither Obama nor Harry Reid suggested any budget bill at all.  Anyone who deals in mediation KNOWS that you need to hear both sides present their positions first, THEN YOU NEGOTIATE from those sides toward the middle.  Without seeing what the other side wants, BOEHNER is arguing WITH HIMSELF and his own Republican majority,  This makes the Republican, and all the fiscal conservatives, look weak and encourages infighting.  

Boehner should have stuck to his guns, and had a press conference to say this: the House has passed this bill (Cut, Cap and Balance) and the Majority in the House believe in this budget.  It is our solution to the budget crisis.  We are willing to negotiate, and invite the Senate and the President to sudmit their proposed budget solution bill or at least outline of a bill.  To make sure that the proposed bill is the opinion of the Majority in the Senate, any bill from them should be signed and endorsed by a majority in that body. 

In so doing, Boehner would have successfully punted the ball back into the other court, and could have sat back and waited for the Sedate and/or the President to show their plan.  He also would have gotten the spotlight of our headline-seeking press off of the House and redirected it away from himself and his bill.  THEN the press would have clamored to see Reid's plan. 

The current crisis shows that the President lacks leadership qualities, but it also shows Boehner to have a lack of confidence in his own position and to be an ineffectual leader.  Boehner, haven't you ever heard, "You Gotta stand for something, or you'll fall for anything?"  Or are you so stupid you would allow yourself to be manipulated by the liberals to write a bill that you don't believe in that outlines what you THINK is their position?  If such a writing passes, and subsequently causes a decline in America as a nation and as individuals, you will forever bear the shame of having authored such a bill.  Wise up, and back up!  YOU are the cause of the current infighting in the House!

Comment by LOTTO NICK ! on July 29, 2011 at 10:02am

NANCY PELOSI SAID SHE NEEDS A DEAL TO SAVE THE PLANET AS WE KNOW IT!!!!

WHY DIN'T SHE BALANCE THE BUDGET OR PRESENT A PLAN WHEN SHE WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND DID NOTHING ,EXCEPT RUN OBAMA HEALTH CARE JOKE OF TAXES DOWN OUR THROATS.

Comment by Jim Ryan on July 28, 2011 at 4:22pm

I will keep saying this until I am blue in the face. It's time to recall Boenher and McConnell.
They handpicked themselves for the leadership before they even sat the new incoming freshman Congressman. If he doesn't listen he needs to be re4placed.
Boehner Gives Tea Partyers Tongue Lashing
House Speaker John Boehner admonished Republicans and tea party conservatives alike to “fall in line” and back his plan for legislation that would at once ease the debt crisis and hopefully appease Democrats. All his posturing might go unheeded, however, as up to 20 Republicans (including fresh tea party faces from the 2010 midterm elections) announced they would oppose his latest effort, The Washington Post reported.
Congressional analysts estimate Boehner’s plan will slash $917 billion in spending cuts from the budget — up from his initial legislation which would have cut an estimated $850 billion. Boehner has reworked his plan furiously to abide by the GOP’s pledge to cut spending as much as the debt ceiling would be increased.
But Boehner faces more than just tea party woes. Across the aisle, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid opposes Boehner’s two-step plan, which would only permit expanding the debt ceiling for some months; another vote would be necessary in early 2012. Reid vowed that Boehner’s plan would be altered if it came across his desk, the Post reports.
For their part, Reid and Democrats want a more permanent raise to the debt ceiling, enough to cover spending though 2013.

Comment by Larry Self on July 28, 2011 at 11:37am

Thanks Jim Garvin.  Well said.  It would be nice if a national media outlet would play it.

Comment by Jane K Todd on July 28, 2011 at 11:23am

If anyone wonders why we are in the shape we are in with the "entitlement mentality"  Judge Judy makes it very clear.  Cut all the unnessary programs listed previously and we might get our country back.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7XA2UUpXRk

Comment by Ted Johnson on July 28, 2011 at 11:18am

I just got a link you should go to. It's an article and list of cuts that republicans are eyeing. Oh by the way it's a "FuffingPost" article. It's actually great. Take a look.

Comment by 85MCstang on July 28, 2011 at 11:17am

You break out in a sweat just reading them all. What is more, I will bet most people don't even know these departments, etc. exist.

Comment by 85MCstang on July 28, 2011 at 11:16am

Dang!....still didn't get them all. Here is the 'rest':

 

Delaware River Basin Commission
Denali Commission
Endangered Species Committee
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
Federal Advisory Committees
Federal Executive Boards
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
Federal Financing Bank
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (GOTTA LOVE THAT ONE!)
Federal Interagency Committee on Education
Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
Federal Library and Information Center Committee
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission
Indian Arts and Crafts Board
Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group
Interagency Council on Homelessness
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Japan-United States Friendship Commission
Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
Joint Fire Science Program
Marine Mammal Commission
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Mississippi River Commission
Morris K. Udall Foundation: Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
National Indian Gaming Commission
National Park Foundation
Northwest Power Planning Council
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Presidio Trust
Regulatory Information Service Center
Social Security Advisory Board
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Veterans Day National Committee
Vietnam Educational Foundation
White House Commission on Presidential Scholars – "Presidential Scholars Program"
White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

Comment by 85MCstang on July 28, 2011 at 11:13am

I just realized that this cut a huge chunk of my list of Gov. Dept off; here is the rest....I hope:

I can at least pick out 30 departments that can be scratched!

HERE IT GOES (continued from earlier post):

Car Allowance Rebate System (Cash for Clunkers)
Cash for Appliances Program
Bureau of the Public Debt
Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CDFI)
FHA
HUD

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Of the U.S. GOVERNMENT;
National health and insurance system
African Development Foundation
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
Agency for International Development (USAID)
American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (EVIL WAR-MONGERS)
US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR)
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA)
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Export-Import Bank of the United States (ExIm)
Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission (FMSHRC)
Federal Reserve System (a pseudo government, semi-private organization)
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (FCSC)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Inter-American Foundation (IAF)
International Trade Commission (ITC)
Learn and Serve America (LSA)
National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Ice Center (NIC)
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) (NRPC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Transportation Research Center (NTRC)
Office of Government Ethics (OGE)(LOT OF GOOD THEY DO)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Selective Service System (SSS)
Senior Corps
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA)

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS;
Financial crisis inquiry commission
Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
American Battle Monuments Commission
Appalachian Regional Commission
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board)
Arctic Research Commission
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Chief Acquisition Officers Council
Chief Financial Officers Council
Chief Human Capital Officers Council
Chief Information Officers Council
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
Commission of Fine Arts
Commission on International Religious Freedom
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States
Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 28, 2011 at 11:03am

Great post 85MCstang!  Stam dunk.

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