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    CarlosAndSveta
    Kevmach got a reaction from CarlosAndSveta in Government Shutdown?   
    He's NOT responsible for shutting it down.
    He offered concessions to the GOP and they said All or Nothing.
    The GOP is doing a power play to try and get Obama out in 2012 and they are proposing cutting budgets to
    social services including Medicare childrens health services and many more.
    Speaker John Boehner and a majority of his GOP counterparts have said their priority is to avert a shutdown,
    but more than a few in his caucus have told him that he needs to project a tougher line to win as many concessions as possible.
    The $33 billion agreement that seemed inevitable last week may now have fizzled under pressure from the GOP's right flank,
    including Michele Bachmann, to push for more cuts.
    Boehner is demanding more in cuts now, and even his one-week CR has $12 billion in additional cuts.
    Democrats, say Boehner agreed in private to the $33 billion figure, and so they need to hold firm on this
    issue so they don't get rolled on bigger votes down the road.
    Like the debt ceiling showdown (May or early June) or the Fiscal 2012 budget (a must-pass bill by September 30).
    GOP btw is anti immigration which was one reason why I left the party.
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    wendie and sam
    Kevmach got a reaction from wendie and sam in Government Shutdown?   
    He's NOT responsible for shutting it down.
    He offered concessions to the GOP and they said All or Nothing.
    The GOP is doing a power play to try and get Obama out in 2012 and they are proposing cutting budgets to
    social services including Medicare childrens health services and many more.
    Speaker John Boehner and a majority of his GOP counterparts have said their priority is to avert a shutdown,
    but more than a few in his caucus have told him that he needs to project a tougher line to win as many concessions as possible.
    The $33 billion agreement that seemed inevitable last week may now have fizzled under pressure from the GOP's right flank,
    including Michele Bachmann, to push for more cuts.
    Boehner is demanding more in cuts now, and even his one-week CR has $12 billion in additional cuts.
    Democrats, say Boehner agreed in private to the $33 billion figure, and so they need to hold firm on this
    issue so they don't get rolled on bigger votes down the road.
    Like the debt ceiling showdown (May or early June) or the Fiscal 2012 budget (a must-pass bill by September 30).
    GOP btw is anti immigration which was one reason why I left the party.
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