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2014-11-18 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Yup, just do not fund illegal stuff the champ wants to do, and fund the rest of the government. It is quite that easy, or you are quite AS USELESS.

Posted by newc 2014-11-18 02:26|| 2014-11-18 02:26|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Maybe it's just not this easy, but it seems to me that the FIRST thing the Pubs need to do is pass the Governmental Services Priority Act (or some other appropriate name) that details to the letter what government services are to continue and which ones don't during a shutdown, and in what priority they are to continue. Seems to me that if Congress says, "SSA payments continue" and the White House says, "No, they don't," the White House is going to be the ones with some 'splainin to do.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2014-11-18 05:59|| 2014-11-18 05:59|| Front Page Top

#3 .. if Congress says, "SSA payments continue" and the White House says, "No, they don't," the White House is going to be the ones with some 'splainin to do.

It's already been done. It's just the Permanent Party Propaganda Machine won't let the word out to the 'stupid Americans' (whose 'stupidity' is serviced by said PPPM, it's a feature, not a bug).

Controlling both houses, you can do selective shutdown by approving the funding specified by the authorization bills. Fund DoD, Fed Prisons, etc. Hold EPA, DoE et al.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-11-18 08:27|| 2014-11-18 08:27|| Front Page Top

#4 What Mike Kozlowski said. Basically, the onus needs to be put on Obama and apparatchiks. Otherwise, get on with the death by a thousand cuts strategy.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-11-18 10:14|| 2014-11-18 10:14|| Front Page Top

#5 We need an act to curb this executive discretion.

Posted by gorb 2014-11-18 11:47|| 2014-11-18 11:47|| Front Page Top

#6 We do need an act. That will maybe curb Obean and at least keep him tied up for awhile waiting for a SCOTUS decision.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-11-18 13:25|| 2014-11-18 13:25|| Front Page Top

#7 we got the acts; but so far I haven't seen any action from the GOP. They are all hat and no saddle. Boner needs to go; worthless as tits on a boar.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-11-18 14:34|| 2014-11-18 14:34|| Front Page Top

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