![]() ![]() But stalling poses a threat for the social Democrats in the Washington establishment. The less the government gets ‘done,’ the better. President Obama continued: ‘We all know that we have divided government right now.’įor a conservative, divided government is the next best thing to small government. That’s how ‘checks and balances’ are supposed to work, and no president has the constitutional power to change that. ‘Has to change’? The president sounds as if he’s addressing a gang of outlaws in the Old West, not a co-equal branch of government, of which many members sought to exercise their constitutional duty not to rubber-stamp bills they oppose. Obama also said this: ‘But to all my friends in Congress, understand that how business is done in this town has to change.’ Meanwhile, if ‘damage’ to the economy bothers Obama so much, why didn’t he push Senate Democrats to work with House Republicans to open up the government, sans Obamacare, weeks ago? The president, of course, was talking about the economy, but it almost sounded like he was also talking about the government. ‘We don’t know yet the full scope of the damage, but every analyst out there believes it slowed our growth,’ President Obama said after it was all over. House Republicans, who were returned in the majority in 2012 to defund Obamacare, tried, along with their conservative counterparts in the Senate, to hold the line for their constituents. They just seem to fund everything.īut not this time, not for 16 days. Constitution says: ‘All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.’Of course, we never think of Congress ‘raising revenue’ to spend as they go, item by item. What right? The answer is ‘they’ - House members - have every right in fact, it’s their job! Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Rankled by House votes to open parts of the government, Reid asked: ‘What right do they have to pick and choose what part of government gets funded?’ ![]() In other words, no matter what those talking heads, headlines and microwaves targeting your brain tell you, the Democrats were the Mr. They kept ‘all’ of the government closed so that ‘nothing’ (Obamacare) would be subject to compromise. This was the Democrats”all or nothing’ strategy. Throughout the shutdown, House Republicans passed ‘mini’ spending bills to fund key government functions, each of which Reid blocked from coming to a Senate vote. Either way, We the People are in danger until more leaders with an affinity for the U.S. Post-shutdown, I’m still mulling two things: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn’t seem to know what the House of Representatives is supposed to do, and President Obama doesn’t seem to know the way ‘checks and balances’ are supposed to work. ![]()
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