NOW the GOP wants to make a deal?

[babylonsister]

GOP says war funding could resolve spending impasse
By Manu Raju | Posted: 11/16/07/ 3:40 p.m.
November 16, 2007

Senate Republicans suggested Friday that the White House might warm to a Democratic proposal to ramp up domestic spending if interim funding for the Iraq war is added to the package.

With new Iraq funding stalled and Democrats trying to find a middle ground in the ongoing battle with the White House over domestic spending, Republicans say piecing the two plans together could produce a bipartisan deal. But Democrats reacted coolly to the suggestion.

Jon Kyl of Arizona, the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, predicted that Republicans would be willing to “talk about some things” if Democrats offer an omnibus appropriations bill free of “pork-barrel” spending with several months’ worth of Iraq war funding and no conditions attached.

“Just ratcheting up the amount and then cutting it halfway is certainly not an answer,” Kyl told reporters before the Senate recessed for its two-week Thanksgiving break. Kyl was referring to a Democratic plan to “split the difference” between Congress’s and Bush’s budget levels for domestic spending.

Other Republicans on Friday echoed Kyl’s sentiment.

The Republican offer, however, is making little headway within the Democratic Conference. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said his “thoughts on compromising domestic spending {are} somewhat laughable.”

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gop-wants-war-funding-to-resolve-spending-impasse-2007-11-16.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. Fuck no--they'll win the funding fight on the war, AND THEN they'll

hammer Dems on increased domestic spending and pork. Don't fall for it Harry!!

[liberal N proud]

2. They just want to spend this country into the ground with these wars

[Swamp Rat]

3. Never make deals with fascists.

[Horse with no Name]

4. So NOW we know what Rove is doing in his off-time

It is disgraceful that Bush has the Senate republicans whoring his agenda.
But even MORE distasteful is the fact that the republican Senators are aligned with the White House instead of the people.
I don't think this is what the framers had in mind when they wrote about co-equal branches and checks and balances.

[Jim__]

5. Republicans would be willing to “talk about some things”

Fuck the pukes.

[rucky]

6. How do you say "go fuck yourselves" in Republican?

[DCKit]

9. "No more hookers or public restrooms and we're cutting your diaper allowance." nt

[gratuitous]

7. They expected another Democratic cave

And who's to say it wasn't a smart money bet? But now that the Dems have reared up on their hind legs for a change and not given this crooked administration another blank check, the Republicans are now willing to "talk," which being translated will amount to whining "Do it the way we want it, now, Now, NOW!"

It's a tired tactic that some three-year-olds would be ashamed to try, but it's worked so well for the GOP all year long, there's no harm in trying it again.

[Rydz777]

8. No deals. Stand firm for once. nt

[Ghost in the Machine]

10. Fuck a bunch of republikkkans.. has anyone reminded them that they're the MINORITY PARTY now?

I keep waiting for the day, when one of them is on CSPAN whining and pitching a fit about something, that one of our Dems stands up and offers them a basement room to hold hearings and air their grievances...