We have a bipartisan vote in the U. S. House on a continuing
resolution to authorize federal spending and keep the government from shutting
down.
The spending bill squeaked through, 219-206, with 67 Republicans
voting “No” and 57 Democrats voting “Yes.”
It’s bipartisan, and it’s ugly. There are very bad riders on
this spending bill, specifically the Dodd-Frank attacks that will benefit the
banking industry and Wall Street, and changes that make it more likely that big
money can influence elections.
We have to face reality: the Republicans won in November,
they’re in the cat bird seat in Congress.
I don’t understand Nancy Pelosi’s decision to stand in the
doorway on this one. She knows a
spending bill is going to pass, and she knows the Republicans are in the
driver’s seat in the House. I think she would have done a great public service
by negotiating real hard with Boehner, and making a very public case that she
would ultimately support a bi-partisan bill, that is, proclaiming that her
driving commitment is to govern and not to politick.
We’re going to need negotiators in Congress in the next two
years, not self-serving pols who stand in the doorway. Let’s not make it any
uglier than it’s probably going to be.
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2014
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