Vote on Boehner bill starting

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Riot

So you're saying we shouldn't pay for things that Congress has already passed laws saying we will pay for?

We shouldn't pay for things we've already bought?

And somehow, magically, not paying your bills isn't "default"? And not paying for things that by law we are required to pay for isn't breaking our own law?

Explain how that works. Let me get some popcorn

If you personally were broke, to the point of not having enough to make your next mortgage payment, would you still buy a $100,000 Mercedes you committed to buy, however irresponsibly, or would you find a way to cut your losses?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by joeydb

If you personally were broke, to the point of not having enough to make your next mortgage payment, would you still buy a $100,000 Mercedes you committed to buy, however irresponsibly, or would you find a way to cut your losses?

Joey, we are nowhere near broke. We do not have any "crisis". This is all manufactured BS.

We have to, by law, stated in the Constitution, pay the bills we've already incurred. The debt ceiling is just cash flow to do that. Has zero to do with future spending.

We need a single sentence raise the debt ceiling bill, then the Congress can go crazy creating committees to decrease our spending and increase our revenues.

None of that has anything to do with raising the debt ceiling.

[Riot]

@LukeRussert: Update: House #GOP floor Whip team says final vote on #Boehner #debt bill now between 5:45-6:15pm.

Edit: they are voting right now, 6:10 eastern live coverage: http://www.cspan.org/Events/House-to...10737423174-2/

Edit: Boehner bill passes with one extra vote 218. No Democratic votes, 10 abstaining. Now it goes to the Senate tonight to die**

Thanks for 2 days of wasting our time, House Republicans, now can we just raise the debt ceiling with a simple one-sentence bill, and then work on jobs and the economy?

** Actually McConnell and Reid are working on compromise bill to try and pass tonight.