Anyone watching c-span this morning hear the debate on "if the Senate doesn't act by" bill???

[stlsaxman]

It stated that if the Senate and President didn't act on HR 1 by date certain- it would become law...?

What was/is the resolution #?

[Tx4obama]

1. Here's a link

to a video of Lawrence O'donnell explaining....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x568350

Cantor thinks he can get the GOP House budget passed without the senate and president. He is nuts.

[stlsaxman]

2. Thank you- i missed this.... i was listening to the span this morning as it was being debated.

i was like- Wha-??? who??? what th- is this real???

[Tippy]

3. Good gosh he left no doubt in my mind he is dumber then Bachman and Palen....

Was this an April Fools Joke????

[Tx4obama]

7. It is real. See comment #6 n/t

[stlsaxman]

4. a link to the debate in full as i heard it slackjawed this morning...

http://c-span.org/Events/House-Passes-Govt-Shutdown-Prevention-Act/10737420643-1/

[stlsaxman]

5. Text of HR 1255 in question-

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011’’.
SEC. 2. FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 2011.

"If the House has not received
a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011 stating
that it has passed a measure providing for the appropria-
tions for the departments and agencies of the Government
for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, the provisions of
H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011,
are hereby enacted into law. "

[Tx4obama]

6. By the way, the House passed that silly bill today

only a few republicans voted no.

Here's a link to the roll call: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll224.xml

It won't pass the Senate and Obama won't sign it, so all they did was waste time on it.

[catchnrelease]

8. Cantor missed his government class in high school

(I don't know anything about this website, was sent this link today and it's a good opinion piece.)


As a Congress, consisting of Tea Partying ignorati and well-heeled, corporately-funded and criminally-intentioned spivs on one side and spineless and cowering Mr Pooters crying out for nursemaids on the other, dithers and dathers about finalising a government budget, our Eric steps manfully into the fray to annouce that, should the Senate not decide to come to the table and submit a budget proposal for consideration before the approaching deadline of April 6th, then the budget passed by the House – the one which cuts Federal funding for such dangerous organisations as Planned Parenthood and NPR – will automatically become the law of the land, fiscally.

Our Eric says that with certainty. He says it, not only with certainty, but with clarity before the nation’s news media, who scribble away furiously on their notepads and raise nary a query about his pronouncement.

Well, our Eric is wrong. And with that arrogantly simple-minded statement, he proves patently that he’s unfit for the office of Congressman from the 7th District of the Commonwealth of Virginia, ne’mind Majority Leader for the House of Representatives.

Somewhere, in some nether world, James Madison, who shares a common Virginian heritage with Eric and me, is screaming from beyond the grave. If you cup your ear, you can probably hear him.

more at the link........

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/03/31/a-well-informed-electorate-elects-a-responsible-government-ask-eric-cantor/