House passes stopgap bill

[ProSense]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday defied a White House veto threat and passed a bill by a vote of 247 to 181 that would keep the government running for another week -- on the condition of $12 billion in spending cuts.

The measure, which has no chance of becoming law, would also fund the Pentagon through the rest of this fiscal year, which ends September 30. President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats are pushing instead for a bill to fund the entire government for the rest of the fiscal year. Current funding expires at midnight on Friday.

The House vote came as Obama met with congressional leaders at the White House in search of a bipartisan solution.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110407/bs_nm/us_usa_budget_62

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Reid: I'm Beginning To Doubt Whether Boehner Wants To Avoid A Government Shutdown (TPM)

[freshwest]

1. Just peachy. Pentagon gone wild. People going broke. Thanks a lot, GOP.

Nice to see they got their priorities in order.

[okieinpain]

6. yep, that jobs creating thing is just getting it's butt kicked. n/t.

[Vincardog]

2. Notice how they want to fund the military for a year and take any cuts to it off the table?

FUCK THAT. EVERYTHING has to be on the table. Military cuts and TAX INCREASES for the WEALTHY.
How about an AMT for Corporations?

[Iliyah]

4. The gopers are being

as usual un-caring when it comes to the American people. They just don't care. They got theirs and eff everyone else. This will backfire real badly on them. I truly feel for the 800,000 plus troops and businesses who will be affected by this bullshit. If the government shuts down, their pay should also stop as well.

[felix_numinous]

7. +10000

Hopefully more and more people are 'noticing'. The people of the US cannot sacrifice any more to support the top 1%. Enough.

[progressoid]

3. Kudos to the President for threatening to Veto it.

http://thepage.time.com/2011/04/07/the-president-will-veto-it/

[COLGATE4]

5. Kudos to him IF he actually vetos it.

[Plucketeer]

8. Exactly!

If he signs it, I'll do a write-in vote for Prez in 2012. One of us has to stand on principles.

[progressoid]

11. True

[onenote]

12. why would he have to veto it? Do you expect the Senate to pass it?

[freshwest]

13. He probably will veto it and be blamed for not compromising and causing pain.

But then, the GOP always have been and will continue to be:

http://www.evilgopbastards.com/

Why are we losing elections?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xabowDBs9FA&feature=player_embedded

[Vincardog]

9. IT is an easy threat to make. It will never reach his desk being dead in the Senate NT

[bongbong]

10. I just went to the IRS

To get some forms. I asked them what will happen to their jobs if the shutdown occurs. The guy read from some form letter which didn't answer my question about whether they would be temporarily furloughed or what. He said they can't say. :crazy: