The Voice Of Reason Bob Shrum – Re:House Being Called Back From Recess
Pelosi Calls Congress Back From
Summer Recess To Vote On Bailout
The Voice Of Reason Bob Shrum – Re:House Being Called Back From Recess To Vote On Bailout To Fund States On Behalf Of Teachers, Police and Firemen.
(The last time the House came back from recess was in 2008, as lawmakers’ debated providing aid for the auto industry. Before that, the House came back to Washington to deal with the case of Terri Schiavo, a comatose woman whose husband was seeking to remove her feeding tube.)
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”Ah yes, we all remember that 2005 hypocritical move by the Republican Leaders, which had proved beyond a shadow of doubt that all the Congressional Leaders who
wear an ‘R’ as a badge of honor are nothing but a bunch of 24-carat charlatans.”
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Voice Of Reason Bob Shrum
Re:House Being Called Back From Recess
To Vote On Bailout
Pelosi Calls Congress Back From
Summer Recess To Vote On Bailout
The House will return to Washington next week
to act on Medicaid and education funding for states.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the
news via Twitter, saying: “I will be calling the House back
into session early next week to save teachers’ jobs and help
seniors & children.”
The news means lawmakers will be interrupting
their August recess to come back into session.
A House leadership aide told The Hill the early
return was discussed following the Senate’s vote Wednesday
to move forward on the $26 billion package.
Separately, a Democratic aide said if members
return to Washington to vote on the package, it would be Monday
or Tuesday next week.
The House gallery said the chamber will be in
session Tuesday but there was a possibility members could return
Monday for votes.
A K Street source said $10 billion in aid to
teachers, which is part of the package, drove the issue, and the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees was
pushing Pelosi to call the House back to Washington.
Pelosi seemed to acknowledge that in her tweet
when she wrote the return was “to save teachers’
jobs.”
States would have to lay off thousands of
teachers if the money isn’t approved by Congress until
September. The House was scheduled to return the second week of
next month.
It would be “very difficult for the House
to be away from Washington for five weeks” while thousands
of state employees face layoffs because of budget shortages,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters
Wednesday.
The package would set up a $10 billion
Education Jobs Funds to spare teachers from layoffs. It would
also disperse $16 billion in Medicaid funding to states
struggling to balance their budgets.
It isn’t as urgent that Congress approve
the Medicaid funding, because that portion of the package
approves payments that would be dispersed beginning in January.
The Senate invoked cloture on the package
Wednesday, setting up a final vote on passage.
“The House must pass this bill with no
changes as soon as possible,” AFSCME legislative affairs
specialist Linda Bennett wrote in a memo obtained by The Hill.
“There is talk that Speaker Pelosi could
call back the House to vote on this matter before September. An
August vote would alleviate teacher job losses before school
starts in September,” Bennett wrote in the memo, which was
circulating Wednesday on K Street.
“Please call offices of allies and those
who had deficit concerns with the tax extender bill. We need
support for this (soon-to-be) Senate passed bill to move quickly
in the House,” Bennett wrote in the memo.
A senior Democratic aide said Reid’s and
Pelosi’s staff were in discussions over whether the House
needs to return to Washington to pass the legislation.
Otherwise, the package would have to wait until
the week of Sept. 13, when House lawmakers were scheduled to
return from the August recess. Both chambers must pass the
legislation before President Obama can sign it into law and
states can begin accepting the federal assistance.
A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score
assumed the bill would not become law until mid-September.
Republicans might object to passing the
legislation in August, which could affect its estimated cost.
Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority
Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), criticized the Democrats’
talks.
“The American people
don’t want more ’stimulus’ spending —
particularly spending for labor unions attached to a job-killing
tax increase. Democrats would be better off listening to their
constituents, who are asking, ‘Where are the jobs?’
rather than returning to Washington, D.C., to vote for more tax
hikes and special-interest bailouts,” Steel
said.
WTF??? It’s
the same ole tune and the same ole meaning… Keep the populous down and miserable so they will vote “R” thinking the “R” Swindlers will be good to them. PRICELESS!
thinkingblue aka the thinkingblue
NOT MANY COMMENTS JUST A FEW WITH A COUPLE OF KNUCKLEHEAD ONES
IN BETWEEN:
Sentinel at the Gate August 4, 2010 at 2:38 pm
This would be a good time for Repubs to just stay on vacation and
let the Dhimmis fully own this one. Skip any debate or
fillibuster as they will just howl and pass it without you
anyway.
But we all know that Repugnants like Snowe, Collins, Graham,
Brown and others will show up panting and salivating like
Pavlov’s dog to get a “little gravy”
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Chuck O August 4, 2010 at 2:58 pm
I thought bailouts were bad? Oh silly me. I forgot it’s only
bad when the president has an R behind his name.
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jasjfarrell August 4, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Snowe and Collins cave once again and agree to use taxpayer money
to prop up the wasteful spending of a few states. Will it ever end?
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phil August 6, 2010 at 7:03 pm
jasjfarrell your honestly an asshole
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thinkingblue August 8, 2010 at 7:25 am
Hey Phil, You sure hit the proverbial nail on the head!
Thanks
PROP UP THE WASTEFUL SPENDING OF A “FEW”
STATES…??? WTF? How horrible to give aid to states so they
can maintain their Fire Departments, Police and Teachers…
SUCH WASTEFUL SPENDING. IMAO, Repugs sure are easy to
brainwash… And the Repub Leaders Know It All Too Well!!
CHEERS! thinkingblue
Watch A Fracking Mess ‘GASLAND’ here
RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on ‘Fear’
Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV
Please sign this very important
petition “demand question time” (of our political
leaders) HERE..
We really need more dialog from those at the top… The
Republicans have got to be made to realize they can’t hide behind
“NO” any longer! thinkingblue
Let’s keep our heads, while we continue
to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!
“A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE.”thinkingblue
