Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Harry Reid to force a vote on the Lyin' Ryan budget
Including the part about ending Medicare and giving geezers a coupon to help buy private insurance. The American public, having made its feelings known on this matter, will be waiting to see if the Republican/Teabaggers in the Senate are willing to cut their throats for party unity.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) confirmed on a conference call with reporters Wednesday that he'll force Senate Republicans to vote on the controversial House GOP budget.I hope this vote gives them more than heartburn, I hope it gives them terminal cancer of the Republican/Teabagger Party.
"We're going to have an opportunity in the Senate to vote for the [Paul] Ryan budget," Reid told reporters, to "see if Republicans in the Senate like the Ryan budget as much as their colleagues [in the House] did."
That budget, which passed in the lower chamber with near-unanimous GOP support, includes a policy agenda that would phase out Medicare, dramatically slash Medicaid, while reducing the tax burden on the wealthiest Americans. It has become the source of significant heartburn for vulnerable House Republicans, who have had to face down angry constituents in their districts during the current two-week recess.
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