Democrats fight among themselves:
“I can’t control Speaker Pelosi,” [Sen. Reid] said on the chamber floor. “I hope everybody understands that. She is a strong, independent woman. She runs the House with an iron hand…
After Tuesday’s Senate Democratic leadership meeting, Reid dispatched deputies to inform Pelosi that the Senate would not stand for the latest offer to eliminate earmarks, as well as all war funds, from a year-end omnibus spending package.
And some much deserved rebuttal:
Asked about his decision on government funding, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.) groused to the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call: “I’ll tell you how soon I will make a decision when I know how soon the Senate sells us out.”
…House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) called it a “hold and fold” strategy: Senate Republicans put a “hold” on Democratic bills, and Senate Democratic leaders promptly fold their tents…
“If there’s going to be a filibuster, let’s hear the damn filibuster,” [Ways & Mean Chairman Charlie] Rangel fumed. “Let’s fight this damned thing out.”
The Senate complains and complains, but they cave and cave. You don’t like the rules, change the rules. You can’t pass anything except exactly what the president wants? Don’t pass anything.
You should be impeaching this administration, not protecting your earmarks.
We’re tired of the excuses.
