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    OK, but they obviously had a "right" to do it, as they haven't broken the law and are using their power enumerated under the Constitution. They just refuse to pass the budget in the way that the opposition demands. That is actually called hardball or leverage in order to extract concessions. Ever buy a car? Walk out and prepare to lose the car.

    Piecemeal should be the only way budgets are ever passed. Look at your cable package. What is all of that crap and how did it get there? Am I paying for the Oprah channel, msnbc and LOGO? I barely watch CSPAN, the military channel and HGTV and all of the good stuff is on Netflix.

    Either way, the democrats currently in power make me physically sick. I hope that they are eating a turd sandwich. The closure of open air parks across the US is hilarious in its absurdity. The Federal government is closed, but somehow they are building evern more irritating bureaucratic obstructions to the American people than they do while funded.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ICantSpellDawg View Post
    OK, but they obviously had a "right" to do it, as they haven't broken the law and are using their power enumerated under the Constitution.
    I wasn't aware the Hastert Rule was in the Constitution. Absent that strange bit of self-gelding, there are plenty of votes for a "clean" funding bill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    I wasn't aware the Hastert Rule was in the Constitution. Absent that strange bit of self-gelding, there are plenty of votes for a "clean" funding bill.
    Who decides what to vote on, Lemur? Does the majority party form quorums and does the House originate spending bills according to its own rules as in Article One, or are those rules decided by the other branches?
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