US Government Shutdown? Not any more!

[Wamitoria]

So, the GOP is apparently giving up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/1 ... 03938.html

[The Free Kingdom of Proprius]

Who's to blame for this? Hrm. A tricky question indeed to answer.

*Punches the reader in the face*

It's your fault your face got messed up. You didn't respond fast enough and you didn't work with me. Maybe if you had slavishly did everything I told you to, it would all be good. But instead you chose to get your face all messed up. We can't trust you.

Whaaat, you say it's MY fault that your face got messed up? No way. I didn't do this. Well, I did it but I'm not really responsible for it.

Why do you hate me? Really, I'm working on fixing everything.

[Wilgrove]

So, the GOP is apparently giving up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/1 ... 03938.html

Hopefully this means that Boehner will bring whatever the Senate produces to the floor for a vote. I guess he's done playing chicken.

[Adroks]

It was the congress that actually did it. Obama didn't do what they wanted, which obama did the right thing, and so they closed up shop.

Congress wanted to stop health care and all that

[Napkiraly]

So, the GOP is apparently giving up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/1 ... 03938.html

Hopefully this means that Boehner will bring whatever the Senate produces to the floor for a vote. I guess he's done playing chicken.

IIRC, don't the recent House rules change mean that Cantor can only bring it to the floor, or whomever he designates?

[OMGeverynameistaken]

So, the GOP is apparently giving up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/1 ... 03938.html

If it's true, then we just have to hope they can move fast enough to actually push something through before the deadline.

[Wilgrove]

Hopefully this means that Boehner will bring whatever the Senate produces to the floor for a vote. I guess he's done playing chicken.

IIRC, don't the recent House rules change mean that Cantor can only bring it to the floor, or whomever he designates?

I think it's either Boehner or Cantor.

[Wamitoria]

IIRC, don't the recent House rules change mean that Cantor can only bring it to the floor, or whomever he designates?

I think it's either Boehner or Cantor.

IIRC, the rule changes simply prevent the minority party (in this case, the Democrats) from bringing a clean CR to a vote.

[Greed and Death]

So, the GOP is apparently giving up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/1 ... 03938.html

Hopefully this means that Boehner will bring whatever the Senate produces to the floor for a vote. I guess he's done playing chicken.

Just means he will quickly vote on his bill tomorrow in the morning.

[Blasveck]

So, the GOP is apparently giving up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/1 ... 03938.html

I knew this would happen.

I'm sure the GOP was expecting the Dems to not grow a spine over the issue.

They were wrong, and now they're paying for it.

[Napkiraly]

I think it's either Boehner or Cantor.

IIRC, the rule changes simply prevent the minority party (in this case, the Democrats) from bringing a clean CR to a vote.

Apparently only Cantor or whomever he designates can do it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/pre-shutdown-rule-change-disallows-house-members-calling-vote-on-clean-cr/

[Wilgrove]

IIRC, the rule changes simply prevent the minority party (in this case, the Democrats) from bringing a clean CR to a vote.

Apparently only Cantor or whomever he designates can do it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/pre-shutdown-rule-change-disallows-house-members-calling-vote-on-clean-cr/

So...Cantor is the only one who can bring the Senate bill to the floor of The House for a vote?

[Regnum Dominae]

IIRC, the rule changes simply prevent the minority party (in this case, the Democrats) from bringing a clean CR to a vote.

Apparently only Cantor or whomever he designates can do it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/pre-shutdown-rule-change-disallows-house-members-calling-vote-on-clean-cr/

What the fuck?

Isn't Cantor the one who said that defaulting would be good for the economy?

[Napkiraly]

Apparently only Cantor or whomever he designates can do it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/pre-shutdown-rule-change-disallows-house-members-calling-vote-on-clean-cr/

So...Cantor is the only one who can bring the Senate bill to the floor of The House for a vote?

Unless he designates someone else, it seems like it.

Yaaaay./sarcasm

[Greed and Death]

Apparently only Cantor or whomever he designates can do it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/pre-shutdown-rule-change-disallows-house-members-calling-vote-on-clean-cr/

So...Cantor is the only one who can bring the Senate bill to the floor of The House for a vote?

My understanding is the speaker controls the procedural rules of the house and can interpret that or call for a vote on the rules.

[Greed and Death]

Apparently only Cantor or whomever he designates can do it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/pre-shutdown-rule-change-disallows-house-members-calling-vote-on-clean-cr/

What the fuck?

Isn't Cantor the one who said that defaulting would be good for the economy?

YES

[Wilgrove]

So...Cantor is the only one who can bring the Senate bill to the floor of The House for a vote?

Unless he designates someone else, it seems like it.

Yaaaay./sarcasm

[Blasveck]

Apparently only Cantor or whomever he designates can do it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/pre-shutdown-rule-change-disallows-house-members-calling-vote-on-clean-cr/

So...Cantor is the only one who can bring the Senate bill to the floor of The House for a vote?

The fate of the nation is in the hands of a single man?

Cool.

[Napkiraly]

Apparently only Cantor or whomever he designates can do it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/pre-shutdown-rule-change-disallows-house-members-calling-vote-on-clean-cr/

What the fuck?

Isn't Cantor the one who said that defaulting would be good for the economy?

Pretty sure that was someone else, can't remember who though.

[Greed and Death]

So...Cantor is the only one who can bring the Senate bill to the floor of The House for a vote?

The fate of the nation is in the hands of a single man?

Cool.

And if he invested like he did in 2011 default he will make money off the default
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/0 ... 93354.html

[Aquafireland]

So...Cantor is the only one who can bring the Senate bill to the floor of The House for a vote?

The fate of the nation is in the hands of a single man?

Cool.

By the looks of it, it pretty much is.

[Regnum Dominae]

What the fuck?

Isn't Cantor the one who said that defaulting would be good for the economy?

Pretty sure that was someone else, can't remember who though.

Still, I'd say that we have about an 80% chance of defaulting now. 23 hours to go and still nothing.

At least the Tea Party will lose nearly all its political relevance from this - they're even managing to piss off the fiscal conservatives and Wall Street.

[Napkiraly]

Pretty sure that was someone else, can't remember who though.

Still, I'd say that we have about an 80% chance of defaulting now. 23 hours to go and still nothing.

At least the Tea Party will lose nearly all its political relevance from this - they're even managing to piss off the fiscal conservatives and Wall Street.

Hopefully the default can be avoided and the Tea Party loses a lot of power at the same time. Best of both worlds.

[Napkiraly]

The fate of the nation is in the hands of a single man?

Cool.

And if he invested like he did in 2011 default he will make money off the default
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/0 ... 93354.html

See, that's what I was talking about when it came to him profiting from a default.

[Regnum Dominae]

Still, I'd say that we have about an 80% chance of defaulting now. 23 hours to go and still nothing.

At least the Tea Party will lose nearly all its political relevance from this - they're even managing to piss off the fiscal conservatives and Wall Street.

Hopefully the default can be avoided and the Tea Party loses a lot of power at the same time. Best of both worlds.

And the GOP collapses leaving a sane center-right party to form from the ashes.

One can hope.