Government Shut Down

[Adak]

Originally Posted by richlevy

Neither is it when the leader of the entire House of Representatives holds up passage of legislation until a minority of one party in the House is satisfied when he knows that a majority of the entire house will pass it.

That is done frequently in both the House and Senate, by both parties. Nothing arcane about it.

Neither was it when individual Republicans blocked multiple calls for a budget conference earlier this year that might have avoided the brinksmanship.

If you don't like Congresses rules, tell your friends to stop abusing them.

We were headed for the brink anyway. The Democrats under Reid and Pelosi are very uncompromising. That causes the Republicans to adopt a similarly uncompromising point of view. The clash of the two was bound to happen.

Right after you tell Obama to quit breaking the law, by making appointments directly, without the required Congressional approval, when the Congress is still technically in session.

Any Republican President would have done that, they'd have faced a Special Investigator, at least.

For Obama -- crickets, of course.

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Originally Posted by Adak

That is done frequently in both the House and Senate, by both parties. Nothing arcane about it.

It is never done in Congress when the results are to intentionally make America fail.