All that work, and for what? Nothing. 😡
Senators from both parties linked arms to defy Sen. Ted Cruz, defeating his attempt to filibuster the stopgap spending bill and clearing the way for it to pass — including full funding for Obamacare — later Friday afternoon.
The 79-19 vote saw 25 Republicans join with all Democrats to advance, easily overcoming Mr. Cruz and his allies who had argued this was the key vote in trying to defund President Obama’s healthcare law.
Next up are votes to waive budget rules, to strip out the Obamacare defunding — which Democrats expect to pass on a simple majority vote — and then passage of the bill, which will also only require a majority.
At that point the bill would go back to the House, where Republicans are struggling to figure out a path forward.
“This is like the movie ‘High Noon. The two sides are walking down the street. I just hope that like the movie ‘High Noon,’ I hope the good guys win,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat who accused Mr. Cruz and his allies of being anarchists, hoping to destroy governmentaltogether.
He said the country is facing a situation “every bit as dangerous” as the lead-up to the Civil War.
For Republicans, the rhetoric was more muted but the vote was no less weighty.
“Do we just give up?” said Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican who joined Mr. Cruz’s push to block the spending bill.
Without any action, the government’s authority for basic spending expires at midnight Monday, and operations such as school funding and national parks would have to cease.
The House has passed a bill to fund government through Dec. 15 but to withhold any money for Obamacare. If all goes according to Senate Democrats’ plans, they will pass their own bill that funds government through Nov. 15 and restores money for the health care law.
via Senate defeats Cruz filibuster, passes bill that funds Obamacare – Washington Times.
To tell you the blunt truth; I am so damned angry now — angry at the RHINO Republican establishment, angry at the liberal socialist far leftist Democratic Party. Angry at the ruling class in this Country; just damned angry at the entire damned thing.
This is what happens when people choose someone based upon his speeches and his personality and his SKIN COLOR! This is what happens when Republicans choose someone who could not win a damned election if his damned life depended on it! This is what happens when big Government conservatives rule a damned supposed party that defends the idea that the United States of America is a Constitutional Republic!
I am about ready to just pull the plug on this damned blog, and the old one; and just go on the damned Government dole and say to hell with it. I will be just like everyone else in this damned Country — a damned leech and if the Government collapses under the weight of socialism, and the money is no good anymore; I will just try to survive the best way I can. 😡
This is an outrage, John McCain, Mitch McConnell sold us out and now we’re stuck with that Communist healthcare plan. I can hear it now; when my parents get the notice that their healthcare plan with Blue Cross is cancelled and they are forced to join one of the exchanges and they end up paying MORE for the plan. I can hear it now, “What the hell?!??!?”
I will simply say to my parents: “That’s what you get for voting for a Democrat.”
We are officially screwed.
Enjoy the next three years people — because it is over for America.
