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Here, John Boehner wears mascara in order to emphasize the innocent sweetness of his lash-lovely eyes and his perfectly rouged lips. “How can you not trust me?” his exquisitely-tanned persona seems to ask. “Easy,” I respond.
In the Classic Old Staid GOP “Go Along To Get Along” Mode via John Andrew Boehner, he did his level best to ensure the $1.1 TRILLION dollar Omnibus bill passed the House, 216 to 209.
Laura Ingraham Twitted:
The Dems split w/Obama HELPS Dems in 2016. The GOP’s war on conservative principles HARMS GOP in 2016. #middleclassrevolt
As well as this:
How much ACTUAL debate on the SUBSTANCE of the $1.1T bill was there? No one wanted to defend this.
And this:
.@SpeakerBoehner was planning to do this all along. Gave Obama almost everything he wanted; shafted conservatives. #disgrace
From the AssociatedPress.org:
House approves $1.1T bill financing government
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have muscled a $1.1 trillion bill financing government agencies through the House after President Barack Obama phoned Democratic lawmakers and urged them to back the measure.
The House approved the measure late Thursday by 219-206.
Many conservatives opposed it because it did not block Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration. A large majority of House Democrats opposed it because of provisions easing some restrictions on banks and allowing higher political contributions by big donors.
Obama backed the bill and called wavering Democratic lawmakers to persuade them to help it pass.
The bill must now be approved by the Democratic-run Senate.
Thanks for being the perennial sell-out, John Andrew.
I might suggest a scheduled and long-needed upcoming trip to Spines N Us.
BZ
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Oh, Crimea River:
First, please watch the video:
Now, some questions: is this the action of a true leader — not just of the GOP, but in general? And is it the action of a mature and competent politician in fortification of the party he claims to support?
Wait. I know those answers.
BZ
From TheHill.com:
by Russell Berman
“What the hell is this, a joke?” Boehner said at his weekly press conference.
He was responding to the administration’s announcement on Tuesday evening that people who had begun the process of signing up for insurance through the federal exchanges would have until mid-April to do so, instead of March 31.
The Speaker called the move “another deadline made meaningless,” adding it to a litany of unilateral changes that the administration has made to the law.
“This is part of a long-term pattern of this administration manipulating the law for its own convenience,” Boehner said. “It’s not hard to understand why the American people question this administration’s commitment to the rule of law.”
The Speaker mocked the use of the “honor system” to determine who was eligible for an extension after the administration said it would make no effort to ensure that people had actually begun the process of signing up by March 31.
“Why don’t they just say, ‘We’ve moved the date to April 15’? Because that’s in effect what they’ve done,” Boehner said.
Why? Because the Obama Administration is deceitful, opaque and lying in its nature.
BZ