they are already plotting ways around budget resolutions that were investor to be good with. it s like a diet that called for ten napoleon sedans have 20. in 2011, they came up with sequestration spending cuts. i called it the spending backup backbone. if they couldn t muster the courage or discipline to make good on their promises, automatic freezes on such spending would make sure they did. think of it like you at the refrigerator, almost christmas goodies. think of washington is running out to the grocery store and stocking up on those goodies and keeping them in a safe place just in case they get a little bit hungry. not only do they not stick to their resolutions. time and again they ignore them. in 2015 they raised the budget
yes. so the question was, we know the republicans in the past we had a shutdown not too long ago and there was reports that the republicans might do this again because there was damage to their reputation. but whatever damage they incurred with the public because it was temporary because they had a good mid-term election and add to the mix you have gop in-fighting and on the one side the team that wasn ts the sequestration spending cuts and the other side with mccain and others who want defense spending. given all of that stuff in the mix, how do you see the republican party playing this. i think this will play out the last way the fights have played out with the republicans folding at the end. at the last minute. i think the key is not the october government shut down. but when the president made clear he would not give out successions for a debt limit increase and then the
it s really the only idea going in the senate right now. it s pretty amazing the senator majority leader didn t even sit down with senator collins and talk about it. the reason that the democrats, especially the majority leader don t like this, is that it would extend the continuing resolution. you know we ve been talking about some sort of continuing resolution for a few weeks, a few months, who knows, extend it for about six months. the reason democrats don t like it it would extend it at these lower sequester level spending levels. and they don t want it to go for that long because they are desperate to get rid of these sequestration spending cuts and the sooner they can do it the happier they are. they don t want to lock in to six more months of what they view as low level spending. so, you know, on the other hand you think well, you say six months they want less than that maybe they can come up with some sort of deal. so farther not talking. even if the senate were to back col
speaker s office, when it comes to this conversation about shutting down the government, they say the president has announced he will not sign any spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated and replaced for his plan with higher job destroying taxes. and any of these laws spending bills would need and unavoidable government shutdown. a stunning announcement for a government who has decried manufactured crises in washington. even if that is the case technically, seems like democrats do a better job on shining a spotlight on the government shutdown and assigning it to republicans. by his own announcement, the president could take action that would lead in the same direction. that s the point. both parties are positioning towards this battle. some of it s brinksmanship. you get there, it will be a disaster, it will be a disaster, all the groups start screaming, don t do this, and then you put enough pressure on members of your caucus, both on the
ibcreases for those earning $400,000 or more a year and a two-year debt ceiling increase and anend to sequestration spending cuts and said that (bombing noise) and his office is a step in the right direction . hoar is the sarasolta springs mayor who should be senator or maybe president. good to see you. i said that speaker boehner is doing a good job negotiating with himself. he s giving up on everything. and this is the first move at all from the president. i don t like two years of not dealing with the debt ceiling. to give it up would be