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Obama and Boehner — together with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had reached the
deal last Friday. But down to the end, Boehner’s unique role as both speaker
and party leader was pivotal, as he seemed to swing between embracing Democratic
votes and his more partisan goal of keeping a GOP-dominant fight with as few
defections as possible. Tea party conservatives were clearly restless with the deal, and overnight, conservative bloggers jumped on new independent cost estimates by the Congressional Budget Office that the deal will have only minimal impact on the deficit before this fiscal year ends Sept. 30. “Listen, this bill is not perfect. It’s no cause for celebration. This is just one step,” Boehner told reporters at a morning press conference. But marking 100 days in the majority, he insisted the GOP’s greatest accomplishment thus far has been shifting the Washington budget debate “180 degrees” to focus on spending reductions. “It was a bipartisan agreement to cut this spending,” Boehner said, anticipating Democratic support. “And while we had to drag them kicking and screaming to the table … I believe it will pass with a bipartisan majority.” Posted Wednesday morning, the CBO data credit the Boehner-Obama deal with significant reductions, but the immediate outlay savings for nonemergency appropriations would be just $352 million less than the agency had projected for 2011 in December. Boehner just keeps making excuses why Obama and reid are kicking his butt around the Capitol - PERIOD !!! here is the roll call vote for the good guys who told Boehner to get some guts and stand up like a man - THANK YOU, good guys ..... |
