red states rule
05-05-2011, 04:54 PM
Actually the more headline the NY Times propably wanted to use was "Damn Republicnas Dare To Oppose Pres Obama"
Int he view of the NY Times, so what if the voters fired the Dems in huge numbers? That does not mean the winners of the election actually have to try and undo the "accomplishments" of Pres Obama
Whatever sense of unity the nation might have felt after the killing of Osama bin Laden, it did not extend to the pressing domestic policy issues that divide Congressional Republicans and Democrats, who returned to work in earnest Tuesday.
Lawmakers were quickly back to arguing over economic and health care policy, trading blame for high gasoline prices and positioning themselves for the fight over raising the federal debt limit. The Senate found itself at multiple impasses over a small-business bill and judicial confirmations.
There was even division within Congress over whether to pass a resolution recognizing the military and intelligence operatives who pulled off the strike on Bin Laden. Members of the Senate, standing formally at their desks, voted 97 to 0 to approve a measure commending “the men and women of the United States armed forces and the United States intelligence community for the tremendous commitment, perseverance, professionalism and sacrifice they displayed in bringing Osama bin Laden to justice.”
House Republicans, though, citing new rules against such purely honorary acts, declined to follow suit.
The House majority did forge ahead with its latest bill to dismantle a piece of the health care overhaul, with Speaker John A. Boehner saying Republicans were taking aim at health care “slush funds.”
Mr. Boehner, who has been supportive of President Obama’s handling of the Bin Laden assault, said Tuesday that he saw no dissonance between backing the president on his terrorism policies and differing with him so strongly on the domestic matters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/us/politics/04congress.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=steinhauer%20carl%20hulse&st=cse
Int he view of the NY Times, so what if the voters fired the Dems in huge numbers? That does not mean the winners of the election actually have to try and undo the "accomplishments" of Pres Obama
Whatever sense of unity the nation might have felt after the killing of Osama bin Laden, it did not extend to the pressing domestic policy issues that divide Congressional Republicans and Democrats, who returned to work in earnest Tuesday.
Lawmakers were quickly back to arguing over economic and health care policy, trading blame for high gasoline prices and positioning themselves for the fight over raising the federal debt limit. The Senate found itself at multiple impasses over a small-business bill and judicial confirmations.
There was even division within Congress over whether to pass a resolution recognizing the military and intelligence operatives who pulled off the strike on Bin Laden. Members of the Senate, standing formally at their desks, voted 97 to 0 to approve a measure commending “the men and women of the United States armed forces and the United States intelligence community for the tremendous commitment, perseverance, professionalism and sacrifice they displayed in bringing Osama bin Laden to justice.”
House Republicans, though, citing new rules against such purely honorary acts, declined to follow suit.
The House majority did forge ahead with its latest bill to dismantle a piece of the health care overhaul, with Speaker John A. Boehner saying Republicans were taking aim at health care “slush funds.”
Mr. Boehner, who has been supportive of President Obama’s handling of the Bin Laden assault, said Tuesday that he saw no dissonance between backing the president on his terrorism policies and differing with him so strongly on the domestic matters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/us/politics/04congress.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=steinhauer%20carl%20hulse&st=cse