BREAKING: Rep. Conyers introduces bill to repeal the sequester

[UCmeNdc]

You read that right. Action from a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The bill is H.R. 900, introduced today (February 28) and it’s a Big Deal. Now the House has something to vote on, and the House Progressive Caucus has something to support. The bill — just cancel the sequester.

According to two sources, here’s the text:

“Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.”

A way out out of this mess, for now anyway, and a clean one. If the president hates the sequester as much as he claims to, this will be easy for him to support, won’t it.

Huge props to John Conyers for providing a bold (and simple) solution. For more on “cancel the sequester,” see here. For how the sequester is just one more manufactured crisis, see here (one place of many).

How you can help

Next steps are to push.


The bill needs co-sponsors. Feel free to call your Congress guy or gal and make the request.


http://americablog.com/2013/02/breaking-cpc-member-john-conyers-introduces-hr-900-a-stop-the-sequester-bill-in-the-house.html

[Scuba]

1. Next this ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022438584

[gcomeau]

2. Ha! Brilliant.

Now we get to see in clear cut terms whose sequester it is. Come on GOP, go ahead... vote against it.

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. In the House it will ever eve come up for a vote.

I think it is a valiant effort. I'm glad he did it. It won't go anywhere in the House.

[Gore1FL]

13. If it doesn't

The Republicans will be the clear enforcers of broadly hated legislation. Either way it's a win.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

4. Alan Grayson signed onto it I think. n/t

[northoftheborder]

5. I think they've all gone home again.

[wordpix]

18. Boner's claim that the Dems need to get off their ass falls flat when he calls for another recess

AGAIN.

These guys work 3-day weeks when they're in session, which is around half the number of weeks/year. Geesh, nice work if you can get it.

[John2]

6. Will the media pundits

report this instead of using the Republican talking points? Boehner has always had the power to repeal the sequester just by introducing a Bill. President Obama has already said he would sign it. All they have to do is repeal it and not add anything to the Bill if they don't like the sequester. It is all in Boehner's court.

[rocktivity]

7. I'd rather see this attempted unsuccessfully than not attempted at all.

That's what the Rethugs already count on from us. It's the right thing to do -- SO DO IT!!!!

rocktivity

[Historic NY]

8. Its only a sequester when you call it one...

in others words another premanufacturered crisis that Bohner thinks he got 98% of .

[calimary]

9. Can we repeal the republi-CON party?

[drm604]

10. 1985?

What does an act from 1985 have to do with it?

[Gore1FL]

15. The Budget Control Act of 2011 refers to the 1985 Bill in section 101

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-112publ25/html/PLAW-112publ25.htm


TITLE I--TEN-YEAR DISCRETIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUESTER

SEC. 101. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 <<NOTE: 2 USC 901.>> is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 251. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

More follows that describes what is going on, but as you can see the 2011 bill amends the 1985. I am not clear enough on all of the details to explain it better. There are others here that can probably do a better job. In any event that's how the 1985 bill comes into play.

[drm604]

17. That explains it well enough.

Thanks.

[chillfactor]

11. source?

I do not see this breaking anywhere else....

[DainBramaged]

12. The Pukes will refuse, because it's not their idea

[AzDar]

14. Leadership.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. Send this to the media

call in and demand that it should be repealed