Senate leaders on Wednesday worked out a deal to reopen the government and avoid a potential U.S. default as soon as midnight, sources told CNN's Dana Bash and Ted Barrett.
Also, not verified but...Exact details of the Senate plan were not known. Nor was it clear how the Senate and House would proceed in considering the measure.
It also would set up budget negotiations between the House and Senate for a long-term spending plan, and would include a provision to strengthen verification measures for people seeking government subsidies under Obama's signature health care reforms.
Senate reaches deal to end shutdown, avoid default - CNN.com
Also, not verified but...
Which, I have to confess, I don't actually understand at all. But on the face of it I'm guessing it means poor people have more hoops to jump through. Shocker.
Doesn't it still have to pass the House?
If the Senate passes an agreement, House Speaker John Boehner will probably face the decision of whether to allow a vote that he knows can only pass with virtually all Democrats and only a few of his fellow Republicans supporting it.
Senate reaches deal to end shutdown, avoid default - CNN.com
Also, not verified but...
Which, I have to confess, I don't actually understand at all. But on the face of it I'm guessing it means poor people have more hoops to jump through. Shocker.
Hopefully Boehner allows a vote on it.
The last part is completely ridiculous though. The party who fears IRS involvement the most mandates that everyone be essentially audited.
Regardless, this can't happen ever again. The Democrats should support Boehner for speaker as long as the GOP has a numerical advantage. The Tea Party can't be allowed to have any influence. They've demonstrated that their only interest in government is in destroying it.
This can be verified by Slate: Shutdown Live-Blog: Day 16
Officials said the proposal called for the Treasury to have authority to continue borrowing through Feb. 7, and the government would reopen through Jan. 15. ... In addition to raising the debt limit, the proposal would give lawmakers a vote to disapprove the increase. President Barack Obama would have the right to veto their opposition, ensuring he would prevail.House and Senate negotiators would be appointed to seek a deficit-reduction deal, but there is no provision for federal agencies to have increased flexibility in coping with the effects of across-the-board cuts.Despite initial Republican demands for the defunding of the health care law known as Obamacare, the pending agreement makes only one modest change in the program. It requires individuals and families seeking subsidies to purchase coverage to verify their incomes before qualifying.
Hopefully Boehner allows a vote on it.
The last part is completely ridiculous though. The party who fears IRS involvement the most mandates that everyone be essentially audited.
Regardless, this can't happen ever again. The Democrats should support Boehner for speaker as long as the GOP has a numerical advantage. The Tea Party can't be allowed to have any influence. They've demonstrated that their only interest in government is in destroying it.
the world breathes a huge sigh of releif.
What's incredible is that a couple ignoramuses in the tea party could threaten the well being of the American and world economy. They have to be removed from office before they push some button or other that blows something else up. Invincible ignorance paired with nihilism is just too dangerous a mix.
Yeh it is reckless and will only hurt America is the long term. While America have been shutdown China have been making moves in my own country making huge capital investments and are continuing to assert themselves as the worlds new leader, they have been calling for the world to try to start distancing themselves from the American economy and the Dollar. Hard to argue with them given the last 2 weeks.
What gave you the idea we were a sane Cvuntry?Would any sane country want to be held hostage to the whims of the TP nutters?
Yeh it is reckless and will only hurt America is the long term. While America have been shutdown China have been making moves in my own country making huge capital investments and are continuing to assert themselves as the worlds new leader, they have been calling for the world to try to start distancing themselves from the American economy and the Dollar. Hard to argue with them given the last 2 weeks.
Yeh and also emerging countries like Brazil
Would any sane country want to be held hostage to the whims of the TP nutters?
That meme has been busted thoroughly already (except for those ignorant souls who live by slogan alone). How many Tea Party members are in the house?
While I'm certainly no expert on congressional procedural rules, my answer to that question would be: apparently enough to matter.
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