Ryan’s already-shaky status with GOP colleagues takes another hit

By Brian Murphy and Lesley Clark McClatchy Washington Burea September 07, 2017
              

House Speaker Paul Ryan’s wobbly standing with staunch conservatives took a fresh hit Thursday, and while critical colleagues stopped short of demanding his ouster, they made it clear they were not content with his performance.  Conservatives, optimistic and enthusiastic earlier this year over the prospect of a Republican president and GOP control of Congress for the first time in 10 years, have been instead frustrated with their party’s inability to win any major victories. They are fuming over the failure to repeal Obamacare, which barely passed the House but has been stalled in the Senate, or the delays in pushing tax reform.  Wednesday brought an even bigger outrage: President Donald Trump cutting a budget and debt limit deal with Democrats — and then ..........To Read More.....

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10 Reasons to Vote Against the Murray-Ryan Giant Spending and Deficit Increase

By Michael Hammond (Diary) | December 14th, 2013

(1) It increases spending by over $59 billion dollars.

(2) It increases he deficit by over $45 billion dollars.

(3) It raises taxes in order to raise spending. .

(4) The increased spending will be spent on Democratic priorities which will explode in out-years.

(5) The Murray-Ryan budget purports to be "frugal" only because of "Obamacare-style accounting.

(6) A vote for the Murray-Ryan budget is a vote to fund Obamacare, no matter what.

(7) The Murray-Ryan budget would remove a point of order which has been used to object to new spending.

(8) For foreign policy hawks, the bill would slash military colas.

(9) The Murray-Ryan budget will change the national discussion - to immigration reform, minimum wage increases, and gun control.

(10) Harry Reid just destroyed he Senate as an institution, and should not be rewarded for his fraud. …..To Read The Details……

To quote Speaker John Boehner: “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????”

My Take - I have waited to see if anyone would pick up on this, but apparently no one has.  When Boehner lambasted conservative groups for criticizing a budget they hadn't seen I noticed one important fact.  I didn't criticize them for being factually wrong.  Why?  Because the information had been leaked ahead of time - spoiling his Sanhedrin moment -  and as it turned out, they were factually and philosophically spot on.  Just a thought. 

Boehner’s Crocodile Tears for Amnesty

By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | December 13th, 2013

It is an odd fight. Such a weird little battle over meaningless and known outcomes. Conservatives, aware from press reports and congressional leaks, knew what would be in the Paul Ryan drafted budget plan. The conservative groups released statements in opposition to the plan based on what they had been told. But there was never any doubt about the Ryan plan passing.

After the plan was publicly unveiled by the Republicans at six o’clock on a Tuesday night, conservative fears were realized. Those things they knew would be in the plan were, in fact, in the plan. The plan funded Obamacare. The plan raised taxes. The plan broke the sequestration spending limits that only a month before Republican leaders had said would never be broken.

Speaker Boehner then did something curious. He held two press conferences wherein he lashed out at conservative groups. He denounced them for making up their minds before the plan was publicly unveiled. Never mind that everyone knew what would be in the plan. Never mind that he only gave the public thirty-six hours to explore the text of the plan, a violation of a campaign promise to give at least seventy-two hours of examination. Speaker Boehner’s statement sounded like former Speaker Pelosi claiming we had to pass the Ryan plan to find out what was in the Ryan plan.

Superficially, it is a very odd fight. But Speaker Boehner’s crocodile tears in his attacks and cries against the conservative movement are really about the next fight. Speaker Boehner intends to pursue immigration reform, with an amnesty component. Before he gets there, he needs to shape battle lines.  . . . ‘please click here for the rest of the post ’

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.....

Boehner Slaps Conservatives: 'This is Ridiculous'

December 11, 2013 By Susan Jones

House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday took a swipe at conservative groups that "came out and opposed" a bipartisan budget deal "before they ever saw it."  "They're using our members, and they're using the American people for their own goals. This is ridiculous,"……The Heritage Foundation said the budget…failed to make substantive reforms to entitlement programs, Americans for Prosperity said the deal reverses "hard-won bipartisan spending limits set by the sequester." "Spending levels were set by law at $967 billion. Exceeding those levels by $45 billion takes us in the wrong direction; further from fiscal responsibility, and further from the promise made to the American people."…..FreedomWorks is urging a "no" vote on the bipartisan plan, saying it "is not acceptable to fiscal conservatives."

"The proposed plan would increase spending $63 billion above the budget caps set by Budget Control Act of 2011—the only actual spending control achieved by Congress under the Obama Administration. The deal claims to offset these costs by increasing various fees, and by making small reforms to government pensions. These new fees aren’t being used to shrink government or balance the budget; they’re simply a mask to help hide the breaching of the budget caps,"…..To Read More…..

My Take - Well, the desire to say something profound was overwhelming, but I guess the article really speaks for itself, however do have one question.  What are the poll numbers for Eric Gurr?

I do find it interesting that Representative Huelskamp says, "Republican leaders haven't yet asked the rank-and-file where they stand on a budget deal: "We've been out of town for the weekend. And all of a sudden, they have this deal."  Senator Coburn notes that,  some important things are not being addressed, such as "None of the waste, the duplication, [or] the fraud [is being addressed]-- none of it. And yet, we're going to raise spending back up because the political powers that be want to spend more money rather than be responsible with what we know needs to be done up here -- which is hard work, eliminating all the stupidity and fraud, duplication that's going on."

• Ryan on Budget Deal: Not the 'Greatest Agreement,’ But 'Step in the Right Direction'
• Coburn: Budget Deal 'Not Anything I Can Support'
• GOP's Huelskamp on Budget Deal: 'More Spending'
• Democrat on Budget Deal: 'I'm Skeptical'

Ok....I guess I do have one more question. What exactly is it that Speaker Boehner finds ridiculous?