There's little doubt what the "Koch Party" has in store for this country.
The Republicans have been in a panic since Barack Obama interrupted their ALEC agenda in 2008. Now they have a chance to regain control of both the Senate and the House. The following is an excerpt from a speech made by Mitch McConnell at a Republican/Tea Party summit sponsored by the Kochs in June of this year:
In reference to recapturing the Senate in November....
"So in the House and Senate, we own the budget...so what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill. And I assure you that in the spending bill, we will be pushing back against this bureaucracy by doing what's called placing riders in the bill. No money can be spent to do this or to do that. We're going to go after them on healthcare, on financial services, on the Environmental Protection Agency, across the board ... All across the federal government, we're going to go after it."
-------------- Mitch McConnell
If they retake the Senate, they fully intend to put ALEC back on track and back on schedule. Our only defense of MC, MA, SS, and ACA will rest in the resolve of President Obama and his willingness to veto every bill that contains their ALEC goals. It will be extremely difficult as the Republicans will attach their destruction to the budget, highway and farming bills, and phony, watered down immigration and jobs bills.
Now for those of you who are thinking that we can use their tactic of filibustering all the bills, think again. Mitch will not hesitate to change the Senate rules to a simple majority vote on ALL bills coming up for a vote in the Senate. You can expect that on the first day of the new Congress followed by cheering and celebration from the far right.
I fear our President will not be able to resist their onslaught.....
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