bet the do nothings didn't see this coming.
Senate Democrats want to have separate fights with the House GOP over a potential government shutdown and raising the nation’s debt limit, confident they will win showdowns on both issues.Some House Republicans want to bundle the question of setting federal funding levels and raising the debt limit into one vote but a senior Senate Democrat has rejected that possibility.
guess that takes the wind out of the right wing sails. very good counter to the potential hostage situation the republicans were planning on.
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said repeatedly raising the debt limit in small increments wreaks havoc on government operations.“The longer you extend the debt limit, the more thoughtless it is,” he said.Durbin predicted Congress would tackle the debt limit question in mid October instead of pushing the debate until shortly before Christmas.
when you do nothing but obstruct you use no time off the clock, taking countless vacations does so why does it take so long for them to not do their job? they are the best argument for not re-electing them in 2014
how do they explain their indifference to doing their job while sitting on the Holier than thou high horse, they can't it's unexplainable
