Republican Congressman Says GOP To Blame For Shutdown

[ProSense]

Republican Congressman Says GOP To Blame For Shutdown

By Josh Israel

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said on Fox News Sunday that — contrary to claims by some colleagues — “we are the ones who did shut the government down.” But while he reiterated his opposition to the strategy, he also said he would not act to require a vote to reopen the federal government.

King blamed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for a “strategy doomed to failure.” Contrary to Cruz’s claims that Republicans could both keep government open and effectively nullify the Affordable Care Act, King noted, “the government is now closed and Obamacare is going forward.”

But King told host Chris Wallace that he would not join Democrats to bring up a clean continuing resolution on the House floor for a vote:

<...>

Though King and at least 19 fellow Republicans have said they would vote for a clean bill to reopen the government immediately, none have voted with House Democrats on repeated attempts to hold a vote on doing so. A discharge petition, a little-used parliamentary maneuver used by a majority in the U.S. House to bring a bill to the floor without the Speaker’s consent, would require 217 signatures.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/10/06/2738461/peter-king-republican-shutdown/

Republican assholes trying to create the impression they're reasonable.

PPP--"GOP could lose the House in 2014"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023794379

The difference between Democrats and Republicans in one image, on one day
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023760563

[Bjorn Against]

1. I could almost gain some respect from Peter King if only he would act

King has been saying a lot of the right words in public, but then he refuses to act to push a clean resolution to the floor. If he really wants to vote on a clean resolution then he needs to team with Democrats to do so. Words are not enough, he needs to take action against his own party.

[ProSense]

2. King is an asshole. He's

probably getting slammed because he's in NY.

[Bjorn Against]

3. Yeah he is an asshole, although he has been saying the right things about the shutdown

But his own assholeishness and his ties to other assholes stop him from going any further than words.