It was earlier today that the U.S. Senate voted 64-36 Wednesday to pass the two-year Ryan-Murray budget agreement. RINO Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, and Democrat Patty Murray, chairmoron of the Senate Budget Committee, both continued to make the idiotic claim that their plan will reduce the nation’s deficit by $23 Billion and scale back the March 1 automatic spending cuts known as sequester. But let’s be serious, can we? In an age of a $17 Trillion debt, and where annual $1 Trillion deficits have become the norm, $23 Billion in cuts over 10 years really is a bit of a joke. And yet, after the vote RINO Ryan had the gall to say, "This vote shows both parties, in both chambers, can find common ground. We can work together." This entire exercise has been nothing more than a charade.
The supposed deal was titled "The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013," and it will essentially replace sequester cuts, which is what the Democrats had been seeking since the sequester went into effect, with supposed savings from some mythical future-year cuts. It also sets the budget cap for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 at $1.012 Trillion and $1.014 Trillion, respectively. Prior to the bill’s passage, the budget cap for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 was $967 Billion and $995 Billion, respectively. The bill will require federal civilian and military employees to contribute more to their pensions, it will increase premiums on companies whose pension plans are insured by taxpayers and it will levy new airline fees on travelers. So I think Ryan is being a bit disingenuous when he said it doesn’t raise taxes.
These are the 36 senators who voted against the bill:
Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)
Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.)
John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
John Boozman (R-Ark.)
Richard Burr (R-N.C.)
Dan Coats (R-In)
Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)
John Cornyn (R-Texas)
Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
Dean Heller (R-Nev,)
James Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Mike Johanns (R-Neb.)
Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)
Mike Lee (R-Utah)
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
James Risch (R-Idaho)
Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
Pete Sessions (R-Ala.)
Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
John Thune (R-S.D.)
Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)
David Vitter (R-La.)
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
Now what was really nothing more than an opportunity to try to fool their folks back home and therefore was an action steeped in pure politics, Senators Alexander, Blunt and Flake all voted "yay" on cloture, which moved the bill on to what was final vote today, and yet chose to vote "nay" on the bill’s final passage. But I’ll tell you what, as far as I’m concerned, at the end of the day these three scumbags essentially voted ‘for’ the bill. Because if no Republicans had voted for cloture yesterday, the bill would not have been voted on today where, since it was a simple majority vote, it was guaranteed to pass. So while these pathetic frauds may be able to tell their constituents back in their respective states that they didn’t ‘actually’ vote ‘for’ the bill, the fact of the matter is that they did. And as such they have all outlived their usefulness.
Here are the nine RINOs who voted in favor of the bill:
Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Orin Hatch (R-Utah)
John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)
Ron Johnson (R-Wiss.)
John McCain (R-Ariz.)
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
Although it passed with what was little resistance, by congressional standards, the budget deal, which takes the possibility of a government shutdown off the table for the next two years, has sparked a bit of a war between Republican leaders and several conservative groups including Heritage Action and FreedomWorks. I’m sure everyone remembers John Boehner’s recent temper tantrum where he said of those groups who attacked the bill, "They’re pushing our members in places where they don’t want to be, and frankly I think they’ve lost all credibility." With him going on to say, "It just comes to a point where some people step over the line. When you criticize something and you have no idea what you’re criticizing, it undermines your credibility." Boehner needs to be careful when talking about the credibility of others.
RINO Ryan responded to critics, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), by arguing that the bill, although not perfect, is a good step toward future deficit reduction. "Read the deal and get back to me," RINO Ryan said in response to Rubio’s claim that the budget deal would "make it harder for Americans to achieve the American dream." RINO Ryan went to perpetuate the same excuse that has been spewed by many who I would say are simply afraid of a fight. He said, "People are going to do what they need to do. Look, in the minority you don’t have the burden of governing." And then, in sounding like the RINO that he is, Ryan added that Rubio’s move to condemn the bill "was a little strange." Oh really? Actually, what I find as being a little strange, are the lengths Ryan went to sell this things.
You know, as far as I’m concerned, Ryan has turned out to be not much more than a severe disappointment on several levels. Back during the days when Obamacare was first being put together by the then Democrat majority in Congress, I thought he did a great job as the Republican point man in making a very convincing case against it. But in creating this supposed budget compromise that does absolutely nothing to cut spending, he was nothing more than blatantly dishonest in his efforts to sell it others. And a great many lies were told and many facts were either distorted or simply glossed over. And when problems with the bill were pointed out, that’s when we saw the Speaker of the House throw his hissy-fit. Republicans seemed determined in their efforts to give to the Democrat nearly everything they wanted.
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