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John Boehner On 113th Congress Being Least Productive Ever: 'We've Done Our Work'

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday dismissed the idea that this Congress is the least productive in history and said the House has done its job this year."The House has continued to listen to the American people and to focus on their concerns," Boehner told reporters. "Whether it's the economy, whether it's jobs, whether it's protecting the American people from Obamacare -- we've done our work."
Boehner said if anyone's to blame for congressional inaction, it's the Senate. He cited the fact that the House has passed more than half of the annual appropriations bills and the Senate hasn't passed any of them.
"The House continues to do its job," he said. "It's time for the Senate to get serious about doing theirs."


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Yea Bohner... Youve done "your work" by not doing anything, and by being the most obstructive congress ever. Good job! Something to be real "proud" of.
 
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Yea Bohner... Youve done "your work" by not doing anything, and by being the most obstructive congress ever. Good job! Something to be real "proud" of. [/FONT][/COLOR]

So when Boehner cites that, "the fact that the House has passed more than half of the annual appropriations bills and the Senate hasn't passed any of them", you know differently? Show your stuff. And why aren't you going after Harry Reid who has been an absolute obstructionist in the senate. He won't even allow any bills not from dems to the floor.
 
I think your basic argument goes something like this:

When the House won't act on a Senate bill (when Boehner blocks it) it is obstructionist and just saying no; when the Senate won't act on a House bill (when Reid blocks it) then it is sticking to principle and protecting the interests of the American people. ;)
 
Either way, we get nothing..
Ain't split government grand..
Let's toast that one also in 28 days..

((Ryan and Murray are making progress toward the 12/13 date))
There probably is something to Kristol's coup .

I think your basic argument goes something like this:

When the House won't act on a Senate bill (when Boehner blocks it) it is obstructionist and just saying no; when the Senate won't act on a House bill (when Reid blocks it) then it is sticking to principle and protecting the interests of the American people. ;)
 
Either way, we get nothing..
Ain't split government grand..
Let's toast that one also in 28 days..

((Ryan and Murray are making progress toward the 12/13 date))
There probably is something to Kristol's coup .

We may get nothing but that nothing required more taxation and a lot of national debt increase. ;)
 
So policy riders and poison pills on continuing resolutions are still okay..

So when Boehner cites that, "the fact that the House has passed more than half of the annual appropriations bills and the Senate hasn't passed any of them", you know differently?
Show your stuff. And why aren't you going after Harry Reid who has been an absolute obstructionist in the senate. He won't even allow any bills not from dems to the floor.

Reid has been pretty busy lately getting rid of GOP-ist obstruction with the filibuster .
 
We may get nothing but that nothing required more taxation and a lot of national debt increase. ;)

Yeah, we need hundreds of new programs to insure that the poor live as well as the rich but without car elevators.

The tab will be picked up by the foolish middle-class.
 
National debt increases happen 'just on interest of the total accumulated debt alone'..
Did that come from Obama??How much of Obama's debt is due to interest on the total accumulated debt ?
We may get nothing but that nothing required more taxation and a lot of national debt increase. ;)
 
Yeah, we need hundreds of new programs to insure that the poor live as well as the rich but without car elevators.

The tab will be picked up by the foolish middle-class.

the fact that that congress sets its own schedule and it is only in session for as little as 40 days is a bit odd considering that there are so many problems plauging our nation right now. you would think that such problems would require congress to spend more time trying to fix the problems?
 
What income range would you call middle-class..
You're certainly well above that--where I believe the concern is for paying more tax .
Yeah, we need hundreds of new programs to insure that the poor live as well as the rich but without car elevators.

The tab will be picked up by the foolish middle-class.
 
Yeah, we need hundreds of new programs to insure that the poor live as well as the rich but without car elevators.

The tab will be picked up by the foolish middle-class.

That will happen only "when the economy gets better", for now we will just add it to the tab. ;)
 
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Yea Bohner... Youve done "your work" by not doing anything, and by being the most obstructive congress ever. Good job! Something to be real "proud" of. [/FONT][/COLOR]

He has a point. The senate has the power to amend, add, change, delete anything from those appropriations bills it likes or doesn't like. But in a way Reid is the obstructionist. He would much rather table all those bills than do what the senate is suppose to do with them. If he doesn't like something in a bill, delete it, add what he wants. It is actually the duty of the senate to do this rather than table all those bills. You wouldn't see a Byrd, a Mitchell or even a Daschel doing what Reid has done. The former three knew the senate's duty, the later one apparently does not.

But an ideal congress would be one that just passes the mandatory stuff and nothing else.
 
I hate to be the on that has to keep pointing this out, but obstructionism is very much present on both sides of this divided government.
It's only through the complicity of Biased Lame Stream Media that only one side is being broadcast about.

372 Bills That Have Been Passed by the House & Not Yet Acted Upon By the Senate (as of 8/23/10)
By The Hill Staff - 02/22/10 08:45 PM ET
372 Bills That Have Been Passed by the House & Not Yet

This article from TheHill.com has the list.
 
He has a point. The senate has the power to amend, add, change, delete anything from those appropriations bills it likes or doesn't like. But in a way Reid is the obstructionist. He would much rather table all those bills than do what the senate is suppose to do with them. If he doesn't like something in a bill, delete it, add what he wants. It is actually the duty of the senate to do this rather than table all those bills. You wouldn't see a Byrd, a Mitchell or even a Daschel doing what Reid has done. The former three knew the senate's duty, the later one apparently does not.

But an ideal congress would be one that just passes the mandatory stuff and nothing else.

and when reid is presented a bill that guts epa regulations in what is supposadly a "jobs" bill and he allows the senate to strip the bill of the parts harming the epa, when he sends it back to the house the house will bash him for taking out the parts harming the EPA.

some of the bills are obviously political traps.
 
National debt increases happen 'just on interest of the total accumulated debt alone'..
Did that come from Obama??How much of Obama's debt is due to interest on the total accumulated debt ?

Interest on the national debt in FY 2013 was $222.75 billion or 6.23% of total federal spending. Obama added over $6 trillion to the national debt in his 5 years so, even if you included all national debt interest paid (for the last 5 years) as "pre Obama" debt interest, it would be slightly over 20% of that total added debt (about $1.2 trillion).

5 facts about the national debt: What you should know | Pew Research Center
 
Reid wouldn't have to table the House bills this year if the House, under Cantor's direction,
had not refused 18 requests to have a Bi-cameral Conference to discuss the very deletes,
adds that you keep saying he doesn't do .
He has a point. The senate has the power to amend, add, change, delete anything from those appropriations bills it likes or doesn't like. But in a way Reid is the obstructionist. He would much rather table all those bills than do what the senate is suppose to do with them. If he doesn't like something in a bill, delete it, add what he wants. It is actually the duty of the senate to do this rather than table all those bills. You wouldn't see a Byrd, a Mitchell or even a Daschel doing what Reid has done. The former three knew the senate's duty, the later one apparently does not.

But an ideal congress would be one that just passes the mandatory stuff and nothing else.
 
Not to change, but what do you think of Chaper 9 in Detroit today where retirees will be down to 18% of their pensions..
Interest on the national debt in FY 2013 was $222.75 billion or 6.23% of total federal spending. Obama added over $6 trillion to the national debt in his 5 years so, even if you included all national debt interest paid (for the last 5 years) as "pre Obama" debt interest, it would be slightly over 20% of that total added debt (about $1.2 trillion).

5 facts about the national debt: What you should know | Pew Research Center
Emergency city managers not elected--the GOP way..
 
the fact that that congress sets its own schedule and it is only in session for as little as 40 days is a bit odd considering that there are so many problems plauging our nation right now. you would think that such problems would require congress to spend more time trying to fix the problems?

I could not agree with you more. These lazy bastards have all their work done by clerks, some oif whom have hidden agendas, while they party on our dime.

What income range would you call middle-class..
You're certainly well above that--where I believe the concern is for paying more tax .

My current income is approximately $45K and I have over $1M in old tax credits. So, my comments is not personal. If I were not on Medicare, I'd be over the subsidy level and yes, I have assets, but I live as if my only income was $45K and I like it that way.

I don't think that my statement is anything else but obvious. Most of the burden will fall on the middle class by higher premiums. The lower classes et a subsidy and the upper classes don't care whart the rates are since they buy into private physician groups for ???.00 a month.

That will happen only "when the economy gets better", for now we will just add it to the tab. ;)

AFAIK and can see, the economy is "better" and this excuse is wearing thin. The high unemployment rates are due to automation and outsourcing which nothing can be done about. The economy won't "get better" without a bubble. Obama is trying to create a housing bubble but its too soon since the last failure to really take off. The units I follow closely were as high as $225K in 2005 and hit a low of $35K in 2010. Now they are like $65K and flattening.

Bubbles are dangerous and unpredictable. So, I think the economy is OK enough at present. This is 100% opinion© and I'll be happy to be corrected by either POV.
 
Not to change, but what do you think of Chaper 9 in Detroit today where retirees will be down to 18% of their pensions..

Emergency city managers not elected--the GOP way..

What are you talking about? As far as I know it has been only a few hours since the court approved making a bankruptcy plan, and you already know the details? Please supply a link and I will discuss.

EDIT: Better yet start a thread on it, as it is not relevant here. ;)
 
and when reid is presented a bill that guts epa regulations in what is supposadly a "jobs" bill and he allows the senate to strip the bill of the parts harming the epa, when he sends it back to the house the house will bash him for taking out the parts harming the EPA.

some of the bills are obviously political traps.

Okay, the house would howl. But how do the American people feel about the EPA? Do most want it done away with or do most want it to stay? If most want it to stay, Reid would come out smelling like a rose and bloody the nose of the Republican house. But only if the most Americans want it done away with, would the house come out on top. Sometimes these things need to be played out. I do not have the faintest idea how the majority of Americans feel about the EPA, I would guess that more want it than don't, but I have nothing backing me up on that.

But I am all in favor of giving the American people what they want or don't. Political traps, both parties lay them all the time, I would wager that Reid has laid some good one for the expiration of the Continuing Resolution coming up in January in hopes the Republicans step into one.
 
Reid wouldn't have to table the House bills this year if the House, under Cantor's direction,
had not refused 18 requests to have a Bi-cameral Conference to discuss the very deletes,
adds that you keep saying he doesn't do .

I never heard of that, but if it is true you have a very valid point. But even if Cantor refuses, let Reid take the initiative and do it himself. There are plenty of ups and very little down by doing so.
 
The tip of the iceberg--stealing public pension funds on the Bain Capital technique..
What are you talking about? As far as I know it has been only a few hours since the court approved making a bankruptcy plan, and you already know the details? Please supply a link and I will discuss.

EDIT: Better yet start a thread on it, as it is not relevant here. ;)
Economic Martial Law with a GOP governor in Michigan..
 
Okay, the house would howl. But how do the American people feel about the EPA? Do most want it done away with or do most want it to stay? If most want it to stay, Reid would come out smelling like a rose and bloody the nose of the Republican house. But only if the most Americans want it done away with, would the house come out on top. Sometimes these things need to be played out. I do not have the faintest idea how the majority of Americans feel about the EPA, I would guess that more want it than don't, but I have nothing backing me up on that.

But I am all in favor of giving the American people what they want or don't. Political traps, both parties lay them all the time, I would wager that Reid has laid some good one for the expiration of the Continuing Resolution coming up in January in hopes the Republicans step into one.

i get the impression that business's hate the epa for its regulations. but no one can seriously be against keeping our drinking water clean and unpolluted?
 
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