http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/republicans-marriage-fight-price-tag-heads-to-2
is this the party of fiscal responsibility or are they closet spenders who while looking out for the grandkids bills ran up wars, tax cuts, witch hunts, pentagon spending they don't want, a never payed for zip.
now Pres. is footing their bills that were left on their grandkids for them and they try and make them his bills. they do the dirt then try to sweep it on the Pres.'s shoes.
The cost of House Republicans' defense of the Defense of Marriage Act could reach $2 million or more, thanks to a decision by leaders to extend their previous $1.5 million cap to allow for additional litigation costs.Although approved in September, the new contract was first reported by Roll CallThursday.Since the Obama administration stopped defending the law in 2011, House Republicans have been funding its defense in several cases, including a 1996 suit by Edith Windsor of New York that is slated to be heard by the Supreme Court.House Administration Chairman Dan Lungren of California, without consulting Democrats, authorized an increase of the amount of money outside lawyers are authorized to spend to defend DOMA to $2 million.
was it Beohner who said that Dems did things behind closed doors and out of sight of the people and ram it down our throats? WI.,Ohio,PA all republican governed states.
serious about spending cuts while they spend frivilously in our faces, like a middle finger.
The news came just hours after Boehner even refused to say if the cap would be raised about $1.5 million, saying only, "If the Justice Department is not going to enforce the law of the land, the Congress will."
The House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group — which consists of Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer — has taken all its actions to defend the law with the opposition of the two Democratic members.
i still maintain this is republican obstruction part deux, no value to country or "we the people". it's longevity depends on us.
