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Topic: The Fiscal Cliff Is Boring
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The Fiscal Cliff Is Boring
Washington To Death
BuzzFeed, by John Stanton
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Posted By:Oblio, 12/12/2012 2:11:10 PM
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| WASHINGTON — A year and a half ago, I was lying on the floor of the Capitol Rotunda just outside House Speaker John Boehner’s office, my head propped on a stack of notebooks, running with other reporters through the possible resolutions to a gut-wrenching budget battle gripping Washington, Wall Street, and the American public.We waited for a negotiator to try to slip past us to the bathroom, and speculated. Boehner could buckle and back off the spending cut he was demanding;
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
LittleHoodedMonk, 12/12/2012 2:41:15 PM (No. 9061947)
FTA: "And we Capitol Hill denizens are officially bored out of our minds."
While the "negotiations" are leading many of US to race the lemmings to a "physical cliff," my concern is not grasping who 0bama is exactly doing the deal with. While Boehner may be the Speaker of the House, where is he getting direction from? Certainly not US. I would tell him to have all GOP House people vote "Present," and let 0bama and the dRATS own this mess. Any other "deal" will only strength them.
BTW, read the last paragraph and realize that we are in for another "0bamaCare" legislation. And, we know that our elected representatives will put full thought into their vote before the Christmas holidays./S
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Namma, 12/12/2012 3:46:27 PM (No. 9062046)
another one of those..bills that have to be passed so we can read it malarky...
the un informed voter should wake up...but they are just all waiting for their handout
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