Rep. Hoyer says no Democrat will support House budget bill

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http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/174195-hoyer-says-no-democrat-will-support-house-budget-bill

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday that no Democrat would support the House Republican Budget Control Act later in the afternoon, since it was drafted without any Democratic input.

"There will in fact be bipartisan opposition to this bill, but there, I predict, will be no Democrat for this bill, because bipartisanship was not sought," Hoyer said on the House floor.

"There is no common ground here, nor was it sought," Hoyer said at the start of his remarks. Hoyer was the first Democrat to speak in the planned two-hour debate on the bill.

"We find ourselves in an unprecedented place today," he said. "Americans stand on the brink of default. It stands there, my friends, because the leadership of this House has failed to act in a timely and responsible way."



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Rep. Canseco goes from undecided to no. Big blow to House GOP leaders.
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Tim Scott (SC) latest "NO" just now on Fox.

Cantor announces House will be in session Saturday and Sunday.

[jpak]

1. "Bipartisan Opposition" - Boner Fail

yup

[lamp_shade]

2. If only ONE dem votes yes, Boehner will call it "bi-partisan".

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. I'm guessing Steny probably pulled the "Absolutely no support" from the Party

at election time line, finally, with shitbags like Shuler.

Finally, I say. This is the line: you wanna do all your own fund raising in a GOP district: give Boehner his bipartisan cover. You want support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, hold the goddamn line, soldier. Period.

[gratuitous]

3. Say it loud and say it proud, Steny

Despite Boehner's grouchy "rebuttal" squirt of bile the other night, there's nothing "bipartisan" about his proposal. There was no input from Democrats, and this is indeed Republican governance by fiat. Forcing a "crisis" in hopes of passing something, anything (and coldly calculated to be disastrous) to avert the crisis they've ginned up.

I will be very surprised if the Boehner bill comes up for a vote, since it seems nearly certain to fail in the House. I think even the Mighty Republican Wurlitzer would have trouble spinning that into a positive for the GOP.

[CountAllVotes]

5. bad news for Boehner

:nopity:

Orchestra agrees!

[Scurrilous]

6. Good news.

:thumbsup:

[mzmolly]

7. What capitulating cavers those Democrats are!

:sarcasm:

[closeupready]

8. Good. Default will be 100% be blamed on Republicans.

They better get serious. Like yesterday.