Country Last: 144 House Republicans Voted To Destroy The US Economy With a Default
Now we know how many House Republicans want to destroy the US economy. 144 House Republicans voted for default, and against raising the debt limit.
Now we know how many House Republicans want to destroy the US economy. 144 House Republicans voted for default, and against raising the debt limit.
Democratic Mayor of Newark Cory Booker is projected to win the October 16th New Jersey special election against Republican Steve Lonegan. The vote stands right now at 55-44.
Senator Al Franken, “I hope those Members of Congress who caused this shutdown learn that the American people don’t want us to govern by lurching from crisis to crisis.”
When the given the choice of voting for raising the debt ceiling or a default, 18 Senate Republicans chose to vote in favor of destroying the US economy.
Judge Richard Posner says he got it Voter ID ruling wrong, acknowledges that the result of it is vote suppression.
With the closing of the government, costing us millions if not billions of dollars, there may be a little caveat that even Boehner and Cruz cannot ignore or face prison – Seditious conspiracy.
John Boehner is still spinning big lies and blaming Obama for his failures, or as he calls it, being ‘bipartisan’.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is warning that Sen. Ted Cruz has already harmed the country. Sanders said, ‘The right wing extremists like Cruz have already done this country irreparable harm.’
Rob Dreher from the American Conservative writes, ‘I hope the House flips to the Democrats in 2014, so we can be rid of these nuts.’
The fact of the matter is that it wasn’t Ted Cruz or John Boehner who caused the latest Republican crushing defeat. It was President Obama steadfastly flexing his presidential power by saying no.
Southern Democrats outraised their Republican counterparts this quarter in nearly every competitive Senate contest.
Every one of America’s fiscal crises over the past three-and-a-half years is because Republicans refuse to do their jobs of conducting the nation’s business.
Democrats haven’t asked for anything in order to refund the government or avoid default. Democrats have been willing to sign both a clean CR and DL.
Political humorists, satirists and cartoonists are as old as politics itself. Sometimes a little humor can “illustrate” the seriousness of political hot button issues by making light of them.
Republican strategist Alex Castellanos took to a CNN op-ed to accuse the Democrats of extremism, asking “Are Democrats more extreme than the GOP?” The answer seems obvious. No. But Castellanos seems to think refusing to bow to the demands of extortionists and economic terrorists makes you an extremist. That’s funny, because when the U.S. stands…