Issa caves: "I will vote for a clean CR."

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[font color="blue" size="10" face="face"]Issa: 'I'll Vote For A Clean CR' To Fund Government [/font]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/issa-i-ll-vote-for-a-clean-cr-to-fund-government

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said Tuesday that he would vote for a continuing resolution to fund the government without any policy attachments, such as language defunding Obamacare.

Republicans initially coalesced around a conservative plan to defund Obamacare in late September, triggering the first government shutdown in 17 years. But faced with unified Democratic opposition to making any changes to President Barack Obama's signature health law, Republicans have struggled in recent days to exact some policy victory they could sell to conservatives even as the shutdown fight bumped up along a deadline to raise the debt ceiling.


A new plan floated by Republicans over the weekend would raise the borrowing limit through Feb. 7 and fund the federal government through Dec. 15, but also rescind health insurance subsidies for members of Congress, the White House and their respective staff members. Issa sought to explain the new demand on CNN Tuesday.

"I'll vote for a clean C.R.," Issa said. "But let's understand that the president wants and is happy, signed a bill that said members of Congress and their staff would, quote, be in Obamacare. He didn't put himself into it. It's time for him to be in that program along with the Vice President, all the thousands of political appointees."

Of course this framing as an employer contribution to federal employees as a subsidy (as he does in the video at the link) is beyond idiocy but he is on record as saying he would vote for a clean CR.

Boehner, when you don't have Issa you don't have shit (yet that works on two levels).

[Pretzel_Warrior]

1. well, it was a good try, buffoons! (not really)

you were screwed as soon as you took your first steps down into this box canyon. Idiots.

[Mz Pip]

2. Boehner has to bring it to the floor

And he doesn't have the balls to do it.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Fingers crossed that JB will put it on the floor for an up or down vote. nt

[Cha]

4. "that is if boner will bring it to a vote"..

thanks grant

[boston bean]

5. is he saying that because one isn't going to be brought to the floor

and he can have it both ways?

[stevenleser]

6. That was my first thought on seeing it too. I think we will find out in the next 48 hours

which GOP congressfolks are really deep down stupid. Those who dont try to avoid some measure of responsibility of what is coming are the completely dumb as a doorknob variety.

Evidently Issa isnt completely brainless.

[2naSalit]

11. Sadly

I suspect you are correct about that. Too late to be of any value at this point... so what the heck?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Bloomberg Breaking: "No House Vote Tonight on Fiscal Impasse Plan

Rep. Pete Sessions says"

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Will the Chairman of Ways and Means be challenged by a Tea party crazee

Sorry, this is just an amusing thought

[Blue Idaho]

9. No, but we will accept your resignation from Congress AssHat.

[Scurrilous]

10. Heh.

The rats are deserting the ship..