You could say it is apples and oranges, but it is still fruit. What congress is doing is absolutely legal and constitutional. I fail to see the difference in congress attempting to defund a law that has become unpopular with enough of their constituents that they feel like they are doing the right thing and defunding a war that has become unpopular with the American electorate. It is completely legal. So, to bitch about what the House is doing is just to debate politics. Which leads me to my next comment.Defunding a war vice defunding a law that passed that a minority wants changed (not stopped), are two very different things.
I do not support the effort to defund the ACA. Not because I support the ACA but only because I believe it is political suicide for the GOP. It is a loser long term. Anyone thinking with their head instead of their emotions has to know they can't get the ACA defunded with this President in office and the Senate controlled by the DEMS. Of course there are those that know this very well and are supporting the House GOP and even instigating it. Sadly, they do it for personal gain. Sen Cruz is top of the list. But come on. The only reason the House has this leverage is because Senate DEMs refuse to pass a budget. So, we have a CR fight. This could have been avoided if the Senate passed a budget. That is on the DEMs. The debit limit is something else. It is a charade. Although there isn't a budget (thank you Harry Reid) congress has passed one CR after another. In other words, congress has authorized every dollar spent. All the administration does is write the checks. As far as I am concerned any legislator that voted for a spending bill that requires deficit spending has no right to block the increase in the debit limit. It is a fvcking joke and both sides have played the game over history. That is why the President has been caught lying out right about his assertion negotiations over the debit limit never happened before. Shame on him! On this he is a complete liar. If he misspoke he has had ample time to take it back. He hasn't. If I have to chose between a congressman that is holding out for movement on spending to increase the debit limit that he nominally approved and a President that lies openly and blatantly about the very subject, I'll support the congressman. But lets not get all high and mighty about who is the most righteous. It is politics. It is all legal and permitted by senate and house rules. We elected politicians. We get politics. "...shocked, shocked that gambling is going on here" NOT!And the GOP shutting down the government (costing this country millions per day), since they don't have the votes to use the legislative process is idiotic, at best. The constant fights over the debt ceiling have emboldened those on the far right to continually hold the economy for ransom, hurting our credit rating and hurting the economy.
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