John Boehner is facing a beclowning in the Senate.

By: streiff (Diary) | December 13th

Yesterday, Speaker Boehner rammed through the house an ill-conceived, self-defeating budget deal negotiated by Paul Ryan. The he went on to belittle conservative members and groups as “having no credibility” because they criticized the bill without having read it. They hadn’t read it because Boehner moved the bill in the face of his own repeated promise to allow 72 hours for a bill to be examined. He did that because he knew the budget bill was of the “we have to pass the bill to know what’s in it” variety and that were members and activists given 72 hours to examine the bill it would never pass......someone should have checked with their Senate colleagues to see where they stood.....Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plans to vote against the budget deal.....The bill needs to get 60 votes for cloture and that is not assured:.......No matter the final vote on this bill, the fact remains that Boehner broke a vow he made to the American people to cap discretionary spending, he gave his own caucus the bum’s rush because he couldn’t afford to let them read the bill......To Read More.....