I don't know why you folks keep saying "pain is going to be inflicted".

[okieinpain]

about the worst thing that is going to happen is the keystone pipeline, then some minor stuff like small changes to the ACA. after that it is 2016 campaign season and the repugs are going to go on vacation again so the weird ones in their party won't get the chance to say or do something stupid.

now if they hold congress and get a repug elected as president then yeah there will be some pain inflicted. but nothing much is going to happen these last two years of president obama's term.

[derby378]

1. For starters, kiss any hopes of curbing climate change bye-bye

As the ice caps shrink, sea levels keep rising. Take a good look at Miami Beach - while it still exists.

[okieinpain]

20. well with the way the senate has been screwed up the all this time

it's been basically the same thing as the repugs running it. I don't see why the dems can't do the same thing.

[KingCharlemagne]

2. In 6-9 months when the next recession strikes thanks to Austerity, much pain will be

inflicted thanks to the shredded social safety net. All of this additional pain is entirely, absolutely, unnecessary. And it will all be the Republicans' fault. Sure, President Obama signed the Farm Bill that cut Food Stamps, but he did so under the implied threat of yet another government shut-down, IIRC.

Maybe the economy will keep improving. One can hope.

[okieinpain]

9. they aren't going to do that until after the 2016. now they will

probably push some abortion bills and cut money to foreign countries, but they will hold on anything that might get the people upset. best to let them sleep till after the 2016 election.

if they get everything then yeah we might all start looking at canada.

[KingCharlemagne]

10. Sorry I wasn't clearer. The Republican Congress of 2012 already cut Food Stamps in the

latest Farm Bill. And they also did a number on unemployment insurance (the emergency extension portion thereof), although i don't remember specific details right off-hand. Point is, the next downturn will see suffering exacerbated.

[okieinpain]

19. agreed. n/t.

[Proud Public Servant]

3. The worst thing won't be Keystone

It'll be TPP. The second-worse thing will be chained CPI. Keystone comes in third.

[okieinpain]

18. and sorry to say but president obama would have probably done all

three of those even if we had kept the senate.

[liberal N proud]

4. Lets revisit that thought in 2016 and see if you feel the same way.

[okieinpain]

11. i will. I've been listening to all of the shows and no one

thinks they are going to go after anything to big. I pretty sure they just want to do enough to get keep their base engaged. feel sorry for women's rights and minorities (of which i'm one of). but elections have consequences.

[liberal N proud]

21. That is a big mistake

"listening to all of the shows"

Media is part of the problem.

[okieinpain]

22. LOL. probably but it is information. you just have to mix it with other stuff to

get an idea of what's going on.

[progressoid]

35. Zactly.

Listening to tv shows is the worst thing one can do.

[Politicalboi]

5. I don't think they'll be taking as many vacation days

Their game plan is to make it look like they are actually doing something, so going on vacation I think, is going to be limited.

[okieinpain]

17. if they are in town they will not do much, just a bunch of talking.

lol, in oklahoma all of the repugs commercials involved guns, church and obamacare. nothing about what they would do just obamacare bad, I shoot guns and love me some church. lol. millions of dollars to talk about shit.

[WhiteTara]

6. ACA is probably gone; SCOTUS is working on it right now.

Then there's womens' rights to our bodies, Keystone, fracking, land degradation, cutting all safety nets and if we lose the WH in 2016 we may just have our SS moved to the stock market to be stolen.

[okieinpain]

13. nothing will happen for these two years. but if they get the wh

and congress then yeah there will be problems.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. They have a SCOTUS that carries water for them

[okieinpain]

29. exactly and they can do what they want whether we have the senate or not. n/t.

[JustAnotherGen]

31. Yeah

Like over turn the civil rights act! Good times! Good times! Can't wait!

[okieinpain]

49. if that's what the supreme court wants to do they can. n/t.

[JustAnotherGen]

50. They sure can

So how will you overcome it when blacks aren't allowed to vote anymore? Asians? Asian Indians? I live in NJ so that's what the immigrants who surround me "look like".

Will you say fiddle dee? Or will you fight for us?

[Autumn]

7. That's where the pain will come in. There is much that needs to be done these

last 2 years of Obama term. There's this little thing called climate change. The repugs have 2 years to fuck the economy 6 ways to Sunday, although it won't take them no time at all. I could go on but why bother.

[onecaliberal]

8. The clowne court is going to destroy ACA

Keystone is game over for the environment. I don't know why our party can't figure out that the climate changes we are experiencing IS pain. people lose their lives, and all the things they've worked for their entire lives because of the climate.

[HereSince1628]

12. Oh, why is it that I expect 'Priority 5' of V.A. benefits to be sharply curtailed?

Well, it's because I know that Oklahoma senators think we shouldn't give benefits to indigent vets.

Bad shit is coming.

COUNT ON IT. But avoid protecting yourself from shit with Koch brand toilet tissue.

[okieinpain]

14. oklahoma sucks. the only reason i'm here is because born and raised. n/t.

[HereSince1628]

16. I won't comment on OK, but I think 2 senators wanting to cutback on vet's health

in the majority party is important.

The represent around 4% of the senators in control. They WILL get to have a line in the funding for the V.A.

[okieinpain]

28. yeah but don't forget we had the senate for the last two years and

couldn't get anything done. so I would expect the dems in the senate will be able to do the same thing to the repugs. I just hope they find a better book to read then dr. seuss.

[NightWatcher]

15. "Small changes to the ACA"?

http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell/watch/supreme-court-to-hear-new-obamacare-challenge-355086915781?adbid=530784319933931522&adbpl=tw&adbpr=2836421&cid=sm_m_main_1_20141107_35216167

3 days is all it took and now they are going after the ACA. They want to make it so that it is not affordable for anyone who bought it off healthcare.gov.

[MerryBlooms]

23. This will be disasterous for many, especially the working poor. n/t

[okieinpain]

25. they were going to do this even if we kept the senate. n/t.

[pnwmom]

33. But it will be that much harder for us to get any fix through now. And they are convincing

themselves and the media that the public is on their side.

[okieinpain]

45. yeah you're right about the but dems in the senate haven't been

fixing anything any way because of the repugs holding up everything. I do think one of the bad things about the mid-terms is the repugs have amunition to get the koch brothers and their ilk that if they want the white house they will have to open the wallets big time.

[riversedge]

51. It does not sound good at all

[vadermike]

24. ACA

ACA probably done. No dem will be elected in a very long time. Hello one party state. We are screwed bad

[okieinpain]

26. LOL, we will be if they get the wh in 2016. n/t.

[Hoyt]

30. I'm a little more worried than that, but not nearly as gloomy as some.

I doubt the TPP will be finished anytime soon, so it will be part of 2016 elections. As much as I would prefer no pipeline, I'm hopeful that if it is approved, we get some environmental laws that have more positive impact on environment. The ACA case will go our way. Republicans won't be as punitive now that they can take credit for things, kind of like the 2005 Medicare drug coverage that was the only good thing to come out of George war bush's regime. At least, I hope.

[okieinpain]

41. agree. but i do hope we can get back some senate seats in 2016 and of course

keep the wh.

[Hoyt]

43. We have to get some seats back and a Dem Perz, or we truly are

screwed.

[okieinpain]

48. yeah buddy. n/t.

[pnwmom]

32. The Supreme Court has taken a case to overturn Obamacare subsidies in most states,

that is, all the states that use the Federal exchange. If we had a Democratic Congress there would be no problem in changing the wording so that there is no question that the subsidies are available in every state.

With a Republican Congress there is no chance. There will be much pain if millions of Americans now lose their insurance coverage.

[lumberjack_jeff]

34. In a world governed by the sane...

... that lawsuit would be laughed out of court. The ACA makes clear that the federal exchange is the proxy for state exchanges in states that don't comply, and at any rate, a dem senate couldn't have done anything to mitigate an insane SC ruling.

[pnwmom]

36. By itself it couldn't have. But if the House had lost seats and wasn't feeling

that the public had given them a mandate, they might have been more willing to agree to a fix in the language. Instead they're feeling empowered to enact their whole agenda.

[Stargazer99]

37. how about the death of your child from lack of medical care? Oh, I see you didn't experience that so

there is no pain. Cutting food stamps, hungry people, there is no pain because you are not one of them and of course we know the poor and working poor mean nothing to this country except to take from

[okieinpain]

44. i really don't think anything is going to happen the next two years

that they haven't been doing the last two years. now if they keep congress and win the wh in 2016 you won't hear me saying this. I'll be trying to get to california or canada.

[Orsino]

38. Unemployment? Food stamps? Shutdowns?

Oh, there will be pain. May it sit lightly on you.

[okieinpain]

46. they've done those already. i really don't think they will want to

bring attention to themselves.

[cali]

39. so not true. What else? voter rights will be diminished at an even faster pace

Fast track will pass and we'll get the TPP and TTIP which contain a plethora of truly dreadful things. The social safety net will be further eroded. The chained CPI may get the go ahead.

[HockeyMom]

40. Read Paul Ryan's Budget

That tells you all you need to know about what direction they want to take this counry in. Of the Rich, For the Rich, and By the Rich. Screw your if you are unemployed, don't own your own business, poor/middle class, minoroity/female/gay, non-christian, old, or sick. Too bad for you. You are not one of "us", We Rule the World!!!!

Enough? Who did I leave out?

[Corruption Inc]

42. "Fast-tracking" and the TPP will be pushed hard, if that happens the U.S. economy is screwed

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/6/obama_mcconnell_pledge_cooperation_will_fast

[okieinpain]

47. i hate to say it, but i think president obama was going to go with those

deals regardless.