It was the Democratically controlled Senate that just killed the Reid bill. So much for Reid's leadership, non-partisan, negotiating skills. At least the Speaker of the House kept his party in line enough to pass his bill. Reid is such a radical POS that even his own party jumped ship.
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Speaking of Joe Scarborough and the office of President ...
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Scarborough is a cock wallet
stewies_grl93
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Reid needed 60 votes to pass, not a majority like Boehner...who couldn't even pass his bill...he had to rewrite it to add in a Balanced Budget Amendment, and even then almost didn't make it out of the house. A bill which would then definitely not pass the Senate as even Republicans voted to table it.
Neither Reid nor Boehner are doing too well.
Neither Reid nor Boehner are doing too well.
Federal budgets aren't mandatory.
The president may, if he wishes submit a budget request to congress to better line up with how he wants to lead the departments. Congress is still in control of it though, they still introduce the legislation, vote on it, modify it, etc.
This idea that the President neeRAB to start drafting legislation for congress is fucking .
The president may, if he wishes submit a budget request to congress to better line up with how he wants to lead the departments. Congress is still in control of it though, they still introduce the legislation, vote on it, modify it, etc.
This idea that the President neeRAB to start drafting legislation for congress is fucking .
You want him to lead, so he summons the heaRAB of congress to talks when they can't agree on anything....but you want to blast him for not leading because he won't write the bills for them and put it down on paper rather than telling them and the American people at the same time what he wants to see in a bill.
Why won't the President do my job and draft all the bills himself instead of leading and having talks with the people drafting the bills. He should "go sit down in the back of the bus."
Why won't the President do my job and draft all the bills himself instead of leading and having talks with the people drafting the bills. He should "go sit down in the back of the bus."
Tom from the Top
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True, but Reid has been at his job for quite a while and still can't get shit done.
Congress and the office of the President are failing all of us.
Congress and the office of the President are failing all of us.
AsIaN~WoLf LoVeR
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<3Mariah<3
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Reid needed a simple majority 51% for his bill to pass the Senate.
HannahGoregasm(=
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Ok, he has to submit a budget request, not necessarily a budget. Such a request doesn't have to be an actual budget though.
I'm not sure where you think you're going with this argument about the budget? The President isn't the King of congress, he doesn't draft their legislation for them.
Even with budget requests, the request doesn't have to be an actual budget. Ergo he still doesn't have to draft their legislation. When he formulates an actual budget they can consider it, and a meraber of congress can introduce it.
This idea that the President has to put in writing a bill to reduce spending....is nothing but political theater. Congress drafts, writes, votes on, and modifies all of these bills. The President can make requests/suggestions, he is required to make a request for the budget. The budget isn't what we're debating right now, the debt ceiling is. He has no role here.
I'm not sure where you think you're going with this argument about the budget? The President isn't the King of congress, he doesn't draft their legislation for them.
Even with budget requests, the request doesn't have to be an actual budget. Ergo he still doesn't have to draft their legislation. When he formulates an actual budget they can consider it, and a meraber of congress can introduce it.
This idea that the President has to put in writing a bill to reduce spending....is nothing but political theater. Congress drafts, writes, votes on, and modifies all of these bills. The President can make requests/suggestions, he is required to make a request for the budget. The budget isn't what we're debating right now, the debt ceiling is. He has no role here.
Mr Hex Vision
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No he didn't.
xe12ladeeda
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cloture, how does it work?
texas2sweetie
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Correct, he needed 60 to stop his filibuster of his own bill