Roland Martin status: The GOP-controlled House failed to pass a bill to fund vetetans benefits

[CatWoman]

Roland Martin
UNBELIEVABLE! The GOP-controlled House failed to pass a bill to fund veterans benefits. Who should apologize now @NewtGingrich? PATHETIC.


https://www.facebook.com/rolandsmartinfanpage?hc_location=stream

[bunnies]

1. Holy Shit! Is that true?

Their whole tactic is blown if this is the case.

edit: I cant find confirmation anywhere.

[CatWoman]

2. it was in those bills in which the GOP tried to fund the govt. piecemeal

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2013/10/01/house-republicans-lean-towards-narrow-funding-bills-n1714445

[bunnies]

3. Weird that I cant find a link to the result of the vote.

Not a single story. Nothing.

[CatWoman]

4. on edit

C-Span's twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/385190710359494656

Seen on C-SPAN: House fails to pass Veterans Benefits Funding Bill.

[Roland99]

5. house.gov

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/index.asp

[CatWoman]

6. thanks Roland

and there it is

[bunnies]

7. Thank you!! Looks like all their "pieces" failed.

Unless Im reading that wrong.

[CatWoman]

10. LOOK DOWN

[bunnies]

12. :)

Thank you, CatWoman!! Can Boehner look any weaker? omg!

[CatWoman]

8. from TPM:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-gop-fails-to-pass-partial-government-funding-bills

House GOP Fails To Pass Partial Government Funding Bills

House Republicans on Tuesday evening failed to muster the two-thirds majority needed to pass a series of three partial government finding bills.

The three bills -- to fund veterans benefits, national parks and the District of Columbia -- were designed to increase pressure on Senate Democrats to resolve the government shutdown by making them take politically uncomfortable votes against funding popular government services.

The failure of the three bills -- a key portion of the House GOP's government shutdown strategy that emerged earlier in the day Tuesday -- adds additional uncertainty to a way out of the current impasse.

The vote on the veterans affairs bill was 264 to 165, on the District of Columbia bill was 265 to 163, and on the national parks and museums bill was 252 to 176. All three proposals needed a two thirds majority of the chamber to pass.

[bunnies]

13. HaHa! Great strategy, Ted!

That was some real smart thinking there.

[curlyred]

19. 165 douchebags voted against funding for veterans?

[bunnies]

20. You think that would have been a path to a clean CR?

Fuck no.

[curlyred]

21. Indeed

But they are all about the military and waving the flag.

[bunnies]

22. It was the Dems who voted against it.

Just so you know.

[Trekologer]

24. This might sound cold, but I think too much of the government is still open

The GOP thinks that they can get away with shutting down government in a game of brinkmanship because enough of the government would still run to make the shutdown a pain in the ass but not complete destruction. I feel that if they are going to shut it down, they should be forced to shut the whole thing down: no FAA (no air travel), no NOAA/NWS (the NWS provides forecast data to commercial weather services), no Social Security checks going out, no postal service, close the border crossings (no Customs, imports, exports), etc.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Looks like all 3 provisions needed 2/3rds to pass

and all 3 failed.

[Roland99]

11. Hitting the M$M now

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1014

[pinboy3niner]

14. Direct link to your OP:

Posted in LBN by Roland99:

GOP piecemeal plan to mitigate shutdown fails in House votes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014608344

[kydo]

15. Ha! Losers

So now what are they going to do?

My guess: Orange Man will need at least 1 bottle of bourbon, then 1 bottle of scotch for his nerves and 1 case of beer, you know as a chaser.

[hootinholler]

16. George Thorogood

[kydo]

18. there ya go

was singing that song when I typed it.

and this the tea party before their next move

[Uncle Joe]

17. That's true, but they did wheel some of the Veterans in to the WWII Monument for a photo op, despite

it being closed due to the Republican controlled House, so they have that going for them.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3762465

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/visiting-veterans-storm-closed-wwii-memorial/2013/10/01/0fc2a376-2ab4-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html



It was a chaotic scene from the first day of the shutdown: frail-looking veterans — at least one of whom hadn’t been to Washington since the war — led by jubilant Republican Congress members and television crews as a bagpiper played “Shenandoah.”

Thanks for the thread, CatWoman.

[Initech]

23. But they'll gladly spend another trillion on Gulf War 2: Electric Boogaloo Die Harder.

See the republicans don't care that they're spending money like drunken sailors. They just care that it's being spent on THEIR causes.