Obama will veto 2014 spending bills unless Congress turns off the sequester

[Tx4obama]

Obama will veto 2014 spending bills unless Congress turns off the sequester

The White House warned Monday that President Obama will veto spending bills for 2014 unless Congress can agree on a budget framework that ends the sequester.

In Statements of Administration Policy, the White House said Obama would veto all spending bills unless they pass Congress "in the context of an overall budget framework that supports our recovery and enables sufficient investments in education, infrastructure, innovation and national security for our economy to compete in the future."

The administration was responding to two spending bills the House will pass this week. One is the bill for the Department of Homeland Security, the other would fund military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

In both statements, the administration said the bills would contribute to a depressed economy and require "draconian cuts to middle-class priorities," since they implement the House GOP's budget vision that includes the sequester.

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Full article here: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/303179-obama-will-veto-2014-spending-bills-unless-congress-turns-off-the-sequester

[Cha]

1. thank Tx!

[freshwest]

2. The fur is going to fly on this one!

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Note: Cheetos is Defensive!

And the furniture has been trashed...

[Dawson Leery]

3. k/r

[Bohunk68]

4. Riiiight!

I'll believe it when it happens. Have heard this sooooo many times before, it's really getting old. Hey! Checks in the mail. It's like Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football.

[AlbertCat]

5. Have heard this sooooo many times before

Really?

What other spending bills did Obama threaten to veto?

[Veilex]

6. Unfortunately...

"Obama will veto 2014 spending bills unless Congress turns off the sequester" is somewhat misleading. At no point does he or his administration say this...or even imply really. Mores the pity.

[Tx4obama]

7. The article at the link was updatd at 7:45 p.m.

What I put in the OP up above is what they had posted originally.

Anyway I do not know which version of the article you caught.

[Veilex]

18. Thanks for the update!

Here's hoping!

[sheshe2]

8. K&R!

[NancyDL]

9. Strangely, some folk - mainly on the Right -

... still refer to Obama as a liberal. Some even call him a leftie. 8-(

[Sheepshank]

14. what does this have to do with the OP?

this equivalency shit is just that.....shit.

[okaawhatever]

10. I agree with this tactic. We can't piecemeal this or we all suffer. The gop needs to put their big

boy pants on and do their job. I'm sick of them holding this country hostage. And I hope those f&%^ers have to work overtime to do it. If they don't cut some military spending I hope he vetos it also.

[davidpdx]

11. The Republicans split their big boy pants

and Chris Christie was wearing them.....

I know, I know it's terrible. What can I say? The message was a perfect set up for the joke.

[okaawhatever]

13. lol. classic. nt

[SunSeeker]

12. K & R

[blkmusclmachine]

15. BHO will do whatever the GOP will let him do.

Nothing more, nothing less.

[Doctor_J]

16. no he won't

These kind of articles are so aggravating. What is likely to happen is that our so called representatives will exempt defense from the sequester, hate radio will tell everyone how another 9/11 will happen if it's not passed, and the president will sign it. This theatre is absurd at this point.

[Demeter]

17. Until he compromises it away for some useless appointment or toothless regulation

This is where I came in...I've seen the ending of this moving picture show already.

[SunsetDreams]

19. K&R nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

20. It almosts seems like Democratic congressmen don't exist

and that everything is run by the Republicans in the House. We also are supposed to have a Senate which has a Democraitc majority. We don't hear much from them. Obama seems to be on his own?

[ReRe]

21. Probably more like...

WE'RE on our own.

[watoos]

22. Uh, isn't this what the cons want?

To cut spending and now Obama will take the fall. Why isn't this a win - win for the cons?

[Myrina]

24. Yep. No federal spending - the Teabaggers Dream.

And POTUS is walking right into it because, you are correct, he's the one that will get excoriated in the press for it.

[grahamhgreen]

23. Read "end cuts to the big war budget or I'll veto" nt