http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/eric-cantor-debt-ceiling_n_2505001.html
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- House Republicans will vote next week on a three-month extension of the debt limit, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Friday.
Cantor released the following statement at the conclusion of the annual House Republican retreat, where much of the discussion focused on approaching fiscal deadlines:
The first step to fixing this problem is to pass a budget that reduces spending. The House has done so, and will again. The Democratic Senate has not passed a budget in almost four years, which is unfair to hardworking taxpayers who expect more from their representatives. That ends this year.
We must pay our bills and responsibly budget for our future. Next week, we will authorize a three month temporary debt limit increase to give the Senate and House time to pass a budget. Furthermore, if the Senate or House fails to pass a budget in that time, Members of Congress will not be paid by the American people for failing to do their job. No budget, no pay.
that's already a given who knows how long we've been paying congress for the privilege of calling them "do nothing congress"? sounds a little presumptuous when they only want money to pay for their pet projects which have nothing to do with "we the people" and everything to do with profit for big business and tax cuts for rich and deregulation for a few dollars more.
The announcement comes a day after House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told reporters that Republicans were "discussing the possible virtue of a short-term debt limit extension." Per the new approach, the party is hoping that it can extract spending cuts from President Barack Obama during the course of other looming budget battles -- the automatic sequestration-related cuts that are set to kick in on March 1 and the expiration of the continuing resolution on March 27.House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) issued his own statement, noting that Republicans "are going to pursue strategies that will obligate the Senate to finally join the House in confronting the government’s spending problem.""The principle is simple: no budget, no pay," he added.
notice all about cuts never about revenue which fuels those programs aimed at the people kinda shows where their devotion lies.
