Clusterfuck alert: Ted Cruz rules Republicans' shutdown world

[ProSense]

Ted Cruz rules Republicans' shutdown world

by Joan McCarter



Rump Speaker Ted Cruz's desire is the House Republicans' command. Last week, Cruz advised the House Republicans to stick by his shutdown or defund Obamacare crusade by passing small, individual spending bills, department by department. Last week, when House Republicans were pissed at him, they scoffed.

But that, too, is a nonstarter for House Republicans, one House GOP aide tells me. “There is no scenario where Congress is going to decide that this part of the government is open and that part of the government is closed,” the

Non-starter? Fast forward a week.

Hse to do 3 special funding bills today. VA, Nat'l Parks & DC gov't so it can open. Parks is 1 of worst optics during shutdown. #fnpolitics
— @ChadPergram

These "small, noncontroversial bills" are meant to do what Cruz told them they would do, pressure the Senate to negotiate. Because the House needs to try to figure out some way to save itself from the Republican shutdown. Hard to imagine they're going to do that by following Ted Cruz, again.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/01/1242991/-Ted-Cruz-rules-their-shut-down-nbsp-world

Jan Brewer Unsure If Grand Canyon Is A Shutdown 'Priority' For Arizona...
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#GOPShutdown
http://thegopshutdown.com/tagged/GOPShutdown-GOP-SameOldParty

A failure for the ages (Boehner)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023758956

[gopiscrap]

1. God help the country

[ProSense]

2. Yes, when a bunch of

dumbasses playing terrorists are holed up in Congress, something is definitely wrong.

[gopiscrap]

3. I agree

[geek tragedy]

4. Brilliant strategy on their part, except . . .

Reid can just amend and send back a clean CR.

Then what will they do?

[Pretzel_Warrior]

6. But what if they send him clean "micro CR's"

That fund small pieces of fed. Government?

Reid can add funding for rest of gov and send back? If so, I hope that's what Senate does.

None of this childishness.

[geek tragedy]

7. Same deal as the past anti-Obamacare CRs. Here's the process, roughly:

1) Senate votes to Proceed with debate;
2) Amendments are scheduled, including a clean CR for the full government;
3) Cloture vote;
4) Senate votes on amendments, passing clean CR for the full government
5) Full bill is passed and sent back to the House.

At that point, good luck to Boehner & Company.

[Hutzpa]

5. These are the jerks NSA should be

spying on to see who their pay master is, not regular Joe that is trying to make ends meet.

[Cha]

8. k&r