Monday, April 29, 2013

The GOP’s Budget Smudge-it!

The US Senate finally passed a budget in March!

Tea Partied Republican lawmakers have been smudging the budget issue  whining and lying that President Obama and the US Senate Democratic leadership have “failed to pass a budget resolution”  when Tea Partied Republican Senators were  the ones that held it up throughout the past four years!

The Budget Act provides special rules protecting  budget resolutions from being blocked by the record-breaking silent filibusters Tea Partied Republicans have been hurling ever since President  Obama came in to office. 

So,  Tea Partied Republican US Senators chose to 1) continuously block simple majority  budget votes; 2)  propose a Tea Partied House budget that would  leave the government with as $566 billion annual deficit in 10 years, and $5.2 trillion  in additional debt over that window”  (newyorktimes),  and 3) relentlessly  tack on smudged   amendments to any budget bill presented by the Democratic leadership.

Here are a few  of the Tea Partied Republican’s smudged amendments…

  • Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla) introduced an amendment that would make it a crime to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion.
  •  Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced an amendment that would repeal Obamacare.
  • Senator  Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H) introduced an amendment that would prevent a vote on any budget plan that calls for increased taxes.
  • Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced an amendment which would repeal the tax increase from the healthcare law.
  • Senator David Vitter (R-La) introduced an amendment that would ban abortions that are performed because of the gender of the fetus.
  • Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb) introduced an amendment that would allow hospital or health care workers to opt out of participating in an abortion procedures or dispensing emergency contraception  if they morally object to it.
  • Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss) introduced  an amendment that would stop all US dollars to the United Nations Population Fund, an international organization that provides family planning and reproductive health services to women around the world !?!?!

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What in the world is wrong with these people?


Wait until the Tea Partied Republican House majority  gets a hold of the budget. They’ll make Tea Partied Republican Senate budget smudge-its  seem like a picnic! Make sure your Contact Congress links are ready to go!


GOTTA VOTE
2014!

SOURCES

theweek.com/.../mitch-mcconnells-amazing-fili... - United States


usgovinfo.about.com › ... › US Government Info › U.S. Congress

fdlaction.firedoglake.com/.../the-filibuster-has-eliminated-the-point-o...

thehill.com/.../289855-senate-moving-through-400-amendments-on-... 

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../anti-abortion-amendments-senate_n_29... 




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