Entirely unnecessary, we have a situation where john boehner, the speaker of the house puts a bill out on the floor, at current funding levels so we can then negotiate on a real budget that allows us to stop negotiating from crisis to crisis, it would pass. The only thing that is stopping it, is that john boehner right now has not been willing to say no to a faction of the Republican Party that are willing to burn the house down because of an obsession over my health care initiative. The president there is continuing to point out that while the shutdown is often describeds a fight between democrats and republicans, it is just as much if not more so a fight between Speaker John Boehner and a fight between his own Republican Party. The idea of the tea party, any legislator being powerful in the traditional sense is kind of archaic, what boehner was before was an institutionalist, he was first elected to congress in 1990 and has been there ever since. He has risen through the ranks, climb
Then negotiate on a real budget that allows us to stop negotiating from crisis to crisis, it would pass. The only thing that is stopping it, is that john boehner right now has not been willing to say no to a faction of the Republican Party that are willing to burn the house down because of an obsession over my health care initiative. The president there is continuing to point out that while the shutdown is often described as a fight between democrats and republicans, it is just as much if not more so a fight between Speaker John Boehner and a fight between his own Republican Party. The idea of the tea party, any legislator being powerful in the traditional sense is kind of archaic, what boehner was before was an institutionalist, he was first elected to congress in 1990 and has been there ever since. He has risen through the ranks, climbed back, fallen again, and finally reached the top. When he got there, the problem is he is exactly the sort of republican politician, a d. C. Lifer an
Absolutely i am, this is entirely unnecessary, we have a situation where john boehner, the speaker of the house puts a bill out on the floor, at current funding levels so we can then negotiate on a real budget that allows us to stop negotiating from crisis to crisis, it would pass. The only thing that is stopping it, is that john boehner right now has not been willing to say no to a faction of the Republican Party that are willing to burn the house down because of an obsession over my health care initiative. The president there is continuing to point out that while the shutdown is often described as a fight between democrats and republicans, it is just as much if not more so a fight between Speaker John Boehner and a fight between his own Republican Party. The idea of the tea party, any legislator being powerful in the traditional sense is kind of archaic, what boehner was before was an institutionalist, he was first elected to congress in 1990 and has been there ever since. He has ris
For only 26 of the information thats not available other than at google. It makes no sense. Its called the National Technical Information Agency and it was tasked in 1960 with collecting and distributing certain reports. G. A. O. Noticed this ten years ago. They noticed it again now. Congress has done nothing nothing. So what g. A. O. Estimated 621,917 of the 841,000 reports that this agency put out are available to free to you on the internet. Just go to google and you can find it for free. Every american can find it for free. All the agencies that are paying can find it for free. But we havent eliminated this agency. So ill stop with that. And ill make a couple of poin points. Its wonderful that we have a difference of opinion in the u. S. Congress, but you cant have a difference of opinion about where this countrys headed. We are bankrupt. People dont like to you say that word. This is america; we couldnt be bankrupt. But from a Balance Sheet standpoint and from an income sheet stan
Order. Amendment number 1 by mr. Lowenthal of california. Amendment number 2 by mr. Cartwright of pennsylvania. The chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 113 inion 374 by 113374 by the gentleman from california, mr. Lowenthal, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk amendment number 1 printed in part bs before b of house report 113374 offered by mr. Lowenthal of california. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the cl