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Related: About this forumPaul Ryan Is The New House Speaker? The Next 12 Months Will Be Torture
The budget deal passed this week had less to do with the budget than it did with clearing the path for newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan to use the House to pass all sorts of extremist conservative legislation. Were in for a rough 12 months, and the best we can hope for is a strong Democratic turnout in 2016 that shifts the balance of power in the House.
Ring of Fires Farron Cousins discusses this.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)bringing Wisconsin type of legislation to Congress. They just announced a slush fund of 150 million to adjust attitudes toward more John Bircher Ideas(Libertarian).
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)John B took alot of shit , I say to Paul good luck. to be so young and throwing your career away... to the wolves
czarjak
(11,269 posts)If only.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)?
Never mind...I forgot. I think he's talking about the file and suspend thing.