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Democrats Stand Up For The Poor and Humiliate Boehner By Defeating The Farm Bill
Democrats Stand Up For The Poor and Humiliate Boehner By Defeating The Farm Bill
After Republicans tried to push beyond the $20 billion in food stamp cuts already in the Farm Bill, Democrats pulled their support, and John Boehner suffered another humiliating defeat.
The Farm Bill was defeated 195-234, and House Republican leadership immediately started blaming Democrats for the loss. Democrats pulled their support for the bill after the House passed an amendment by Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL) that would have added work requirements to the food stamp program. The end result was that only 24 Democrats voted for the bill, and 62 Republicans voted against. After the vote Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said, Its silly. Its sad. Its juvenile. Its unprofessional. Its amateur hour. Later Pelosi added that Democrats couldnt support the bill because it would have, taken food out of the mouths of babies.
Boehner and Cantor still could have passed the legislation on their own, but the Republican caucus had broken into factions. The reality is that John Boehner cant pass anything major without Nancy Pelosi. House Republicans are too divided, and mired in infighting to pass anything beyond vague platitudes of ideology that everyone knows will never survive the Senate.
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Fair is fair. If Republicans want to blame Democrats for the defeat, Democrats have the right to take credit for a victory for the poor.
John Boehners inability to function without Nancy Pelosis ability to deliver Democratic votes proves once and for all that the wrong person is acting as Speaker. If America wants the House to function like it is supposed to again, they need to hand the Speakers gavel back to Nancy Pelosi, because the Boehner/Cantor/McCarthy/Ryan GOP leadership is a joke.
Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/2013/06/20/democrats-stand-poor-humiliate-boehner-defeating-farm-bill.html
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Democrats Stand Up For The Poor and Humiliate Boehner By Defeating The Farm Bill (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
OP
louslobbs
(3,239 posts)1. Nothing's worse than a deflated boner. n/t
Lou
DCBob
(24,689 posts)2. The only thing the House GOP is good at is causing chaos.
Cha
(298,018 posts)3. K&R Yes, the Lying boners got defeated and then LIED
about it.
thanks TX