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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTurns out Boehner does not have the votes to stop sequester. Roll Call
That's why the GOP needs to blame Obama.
Speaker John A. Boehners decision to wait on the Senate before taking up a sequester replacement bill may be more tied to his own difficulties getting the votes for one than to a calculated political messaging strategy.
The Ohio Republican and other House leaders have repeatedly noted that the chamber passed two sequester substitutes last year, and they have used that fact to challenge the Senate to act. But the House has not yet approved any legislation in the new Congress to avert the more than $1 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts that will begin Friday.
The previous measures passed during the 112th Congress and would have to be passed again before the Senate could even consider taking them up. But even in the 112th Congress, both bills squeaked by with few votes to spare. That has led some sources to speculate that if the House brought up a similar bill again, it would quite simply fail.
All the momentum in House Republican circles now is for keeping the sequester as is. I dont see how any sequester replacement bill could get any oxygen for the foreseeable future, one Republican aide said.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/does_boehner_even_have_the_votes_to_replace_the_sequester-222593-1.html
northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)OregonBlue
(7,755 posts)They have lost control of their caucus and don't want to admit it.
Similarly, I am reading that the GOP Senators are no longer willing to replace the sequester. Until things get really bad in their states they will not back down.
The Tea Party really is running the show now.
elleng
(131,204 posts)boner hasn't been able to garner enough votes to accomplish ANYTHING positive, since 2010 election.
The system is dysfunctional due to repugs' intransigence, that's all there is to it. We can only hope/pray that we ALL survive this.
Keefer
(713 posts)Rethugs! LOL
firenewt
(298 posts)involved states should start across the board recall procedures.
we can do it
(12,205 posts)Gorp
(716 posts)ThomThom
(1,486 posts)we don't need another battle ship or more war and weapons
but we do need to help people