Senate Republicans are deeply divided on a sequester replacement bill that would give President Obama more flexibility to manage the $85 billion in cuts.Members of the Republican conference on Tuesday discussed a proposal from Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and supported by leadership that would give President Obama more leeway in carrying out sequestration.Republicans had hoped to unify around a sequester bill ahead of votes in the Senate later this week, but the plan is being met with fierce resistance from some members of the conference.Opponents complain the plan would cede Congress's power of the purse to the president. Others say it does nothing to address the sequester’s damaging cuts to defense and national security."I've never seen so much passion about something that is not going to pass," Corker said Tuesday after the party’s weekly lunch ended.
so the whole thing really is about who has the checkbook. listen they are adnitting they have the control over what gets spent which also means that every cent of the 16 trillion debt has been authorized by congress, but they insist on blaming Pres. and refer to giving him a blank check which in reality they have to sign it in order for it to be cashed.
