House of Representatives now have enough votes to end shutdown

17 Republicans combined with Democrats have come forward to pass a clean funding bill without any strings attached to fund the Federal Government. This new bill will end the shutdown tonight. Except...

John Boener (speaker of the house) Will not put bill to a house vote.

That's right, this bill has enough votes to pass,

The House of Representives
The Senate
The Executive Branch

...Will be held back because of 1 man. 

 List of Republicans Come forward
 

lol

I hate this...

It is called the Hastert rule, look it up. Master_Live

An informal rule that can easily be broken. No one is technically bound by it.

Does the speaker of the House have the right to veto the introduction of a bill or bringing it to vote in the congress?GazaAli

The Leader of the majority of each house has control of what bills come to vote.

[QUOTE="Master_Live"]It is called the Hastert rule, look it up. jimkabrhel

An informal rule that can easily be broken. No one is technically bound by it.

Does the speaker of the House have the right to veto the introduction of a bill or bringing it to vote in the congress?GazaAli

The Leader of the majority of each house has control of what bills come to vote.

jimkabrhel

You mean the House of Representatives and the Senate?

Speaker decides which bills are voted on. Master_Live

According to what? And how is he accountable for those decisions?

[QUOTE="jimkabrhel"]

The Leader of the majority of each house has control of what bills come to vote.

GazaAli

You mean the House of Representatives and the Senate?

Speaker decides which bills are voted on. Master_Live

According to what? And how is he accountable for those decisions?

Soo...NONE of the Democrats would compromise on the 4 previous plans put forward. Now we have a good handful of Republicans who are willing to compromise to end this thing but its still the republicans who are going to be made to look like the bad guys.

Soo...NONE of the Democrats would compromise on the 4 previous plans put forward. Now we have a good handful of Republicans who are willing to compromise to end this thing but its still the republicans who are going to be made to look like the bad guys.

GamingTitan

Um, no. Doesn't work that way. The Republicans ae asking Obama to cave on his signature legislation, one that has passed through Congress, the President's reelection, and the SCOTUS. Sorry, GOP, but Obamacare is the law of the land. 

It's completely illogical and irresponsible for the GOP to hold the country hostage over the ACA. You change laws through elections, the public, campaigning, not by holding up the Constitutional process of the US.

Soo...NONE of the Democrats would compromise on the 4 previous plans put forward. Now we have a good handful of Republicans who are willing to compromise to end this thing but its still the republicans who are going to be made to look like the bad guys.

GamingTitan

a "clean" funding bill is dumb. Repubs want Obamacare defunded, Dems want it fully funded. They shut meet in the middle and cut the funding in half or at least cut certain things like the attempts to get pro-athletes to promote Obamacare.

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

Soo...NONE of the Democrats would compromise on the 4 previous plans put forward. Now we have a good handful of Republicans who are willing to compromise to end this thing but its still the republicans who are going to be made to look like the bad guys.

GamingTitan

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

whipassmt

Well, losing 300m a day is bad.

Soo...NONE of the Democrats would compromise on the 4 previous plans put forward. Now we have a good handful of Republicans who are willing to compromise to end this thing but its still the republicans who are going to be made to look like the bad guys.

GamingTitan

You're not even trying.

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

Master_Live

Boehner is pretty much a prisoner to his gerrymandered Tea Party slavemasters.

He has no soul, no morals. Just his quest to keep his seat.

You guys are just made cause this lady not only got a phone, but health insurance too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio

[QUOTE="Master_Live"][QUOTE="whipassmt"]

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

whipassmt

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="Master_Live"] Well, loosing 300m a day is bad. mattbbpl

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"][QUOTE="whipassmt"] How does a shutdown lose money?

whipassmt

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"] You don't just shut the doors and walk away. You have to actually do things in preparation for a shutdown and then do more things to reopen. I believe the last shutdown cost between 1 and 2 billion dollars.mattbbpl

Honestly, I've heard enough from these Republican trolls. Obamacare is LAW now. It was voted, it passed, it was considered constitutional, it passed. It's the f*cking law. There is no room to compromise. There is no compromise. It's the f*cking law, and it was all done by the books. The books that republicans claim to love so much. 

I'm pretty sure that this is the break Boehner has been quietly waiting for. Guessing it'll come to the floor shortly.

I'm pretty sure that this is the break Boehner has been quietly waiting for. Guessing it'll come to the floor shortly.

coolbeans90

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

Master_Live

Well, losing 300m a day is bad.

republicans have become a punchline.

Soo...NONE of the Democrats would compromise on the 4 previous plans put forward. Now we have a good handful of Republicans who are willing to compromise to end this thing but its still the republicans who are going to be made to look like the bad guys.

GamingTitan

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

whipassmt

Oh, WIC and SNAP if it runs on too long run out of money, states will have to pick up the tab. NIH, NSF, NASA, EPA, FDA, ect. Nothing "essential" though. 

a "clean" funding bill is dumb. Repubs want Obamacare defunded, Dems want it fully funded. They shut meet in the middle and cut the funding in half or at least cut certain things like the attempts to get pro-athletes to promote Obamacare.

whipassmt

I swear: you say some of the dumbest sh!t. 

It makes no fvcking sense for Obama and the Dems to halfway defund Obamacare.

They want it to work out, so they are hardly going to slash the funds in half, nor should they be obligated to just to satisfy a childish and extreme element of the Republican Party.

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

whipassmt

Gotta love our system.

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

whipassmt

Republicans need to just let ObamaCare fail and then point and laugh while saying "I told you so." The Republicans would dominate for years after that. >_>The-Apostle

I hope federal govt stays shutdown until 2016.

I dont think anybody will notice, but they will keep collecting taxes.

lol

[QUOTE="The-Apostle"]Republicans need to just let ObamaCare fail and then point and laugh while saying "I told you so." The Republicans would dominate for years after that. >_>mulalatum

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

The-Apostle

Boehner is pretty much a prisoner to his gerrymandered Tea Party slavemasters.

He has no soul, no morals. Just his quest to keep his seat.

Netherscourge

yay for democracy!

[QUOTE="The-Apostle"][QUOTE="whipassmt"]

Is the shutdown really that bad anyway? From what I understand essential things are still running. The post office is fine.

chessmaster1989

[QUOTE="The-Apostle"]Republicans need to just let ObamaCare fail and then point and laugh while saying "I told you so." The Republicans would dominate for years after that. >_>mulalatum

Republicans need to just let ObamaCare fail and then point and laugh while saying "I told you so." The Republicans would dominate for years after that. >_>The-Apostle