NEW YORK CITY -- One of the only new proposals that President Obama introduced in his opening bid to resolve the impasse over the so-called fiscal cliff concerns a political showdown set to take place weeks, if not months, after the fiscal cliff has expired.
The administration is calling on House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to relinquish much of Congress' authority over raising the nation's debt ceiling limit, as members of the Republican caucus signal that they want to use the ceiling as leverage to extract more concessions from the administration. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), an outspoken conservative, outlined the strategy in some blunt terms during an interview Wednesday on Sean Hannity's radio program."We do have leverage because early next year thedebt ceiling gets reached," he said. "And this president has got to have more ceiling. He's got to have it moved. Sean, we have leverage. And this is a good time to say that we're the ones promoting fairness. We're the ones that want everyone to pay their share. You talk a good game but put it up here where your mouth is."
is the right wing again complicit with trying to keep their ability to obstruct is it fair to "we the people" to have to be without good gov't because they want to be able to hostage and blackmail their way to getting what they want which has nothing to do with you or me?
what they are saying is we can force the gov't to allow us to obstruct, another under estimation if not we have the power to make it so.
The Obama administration's proposal won't completely remove the ability of lawmakers to have a say over whether or not the government can continue to issue debt and, in turn, borrow money. It would just provide the president a mechanism to bypass them. As The New York Times explains:
To ensure that there are no more crises like last year’s impasse, Mr. Geithner proposed permanently ending Congressional purview over the federal borrowing limit, Republican aides said. He said that Congress could be allowed to pass a resolution blocking an increase in the debt limit, but that the president would be able to veto that resolution. Only if two-thirds of lawmakers overrode that veto could Congress block a higher borrowing limit.
remember what happened last year with complete right wing control we were downgraded, power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, Pres. doesn't want it all like them he wants to level the dield to not just right wing obstruction.
