Continuing Resolution

    Boehner-Reid Deal Threatens to Re-Elect Obama

    By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  September 10th at 04:43 PM  | 

    We are now getting word from inside Congress that the “fix” may be in on a Boehner-Reid deal to fund the government until March 31 -– more or less on Barack Obama’s terms. Thus, Republicans would agree to fund ObamaCare, fund IRS agents to arrest ObamaCare dissenters, fund Obama’s anti-gun agenda, fund Planned Parenthood -– and then plea for the votes of people who are | Read More »

    ObamaCR

    By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  April 2nd at 09:35 PM  | 

    Consider this:  A monumental piece of legislation — affecting a sector spanning over one-sixth of the economy — is negotiated behind closed doors by legislators for the purpose of slamming through the finished product before anyone has an opportunity to figure out what’s in it. ObamaCare? No…  It’s the continuing resolution (CR) about to be sprung on Congress by the Democratic and Republican leadership.  And the | Read More »

    Where This Is Headed

    By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  March 24th at 11:39 AM  | 

    So … where is this whole budget process headed? Let’s review the bidding: Many conservative groups have pushed for -– at the very least -– Republican opposition to any short-or long-term spending bill that does not defund ObamaCare. The Republican leadership balks because they do not want to get the blame for shutting down the government -– which would be shut down for the sole | Read More »