Boehner taps Dems to push budget deal across finish line

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I like this article better than Dan's dem rah rah piece so I am putting it out there. It's also more indicative of what went on because had not Beohner cir vented his party's traditions and rule then the dems would have never had a chance to vote.

The Senate passed the bill first, with 81 senators voting yes, and 18 voting against the compromise negotiated by the chamber’s leaders. The Senate’s No. 2 Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, voted against the bill, as did prominent GOP senators like Marco Rubio of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas.

The House moved to clear the legislation 285-144, relying mostly on Democratic votes in the Republican controlled chamber. Just 87 Republicans supported the bill while 198 Democrats voted for it. The bill was opposed by 144 Republicans, including House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.

Once again, Speaker John Boehner had to rely on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic Caucus to carry the bill to passage. It’s a clear violation of the much-talked-about Hastert Rule, a mantra that the House speaker should not bring legislation to the floor without the support of a “majority of the majority” of his members. The fiscal cliff legislation and relief for Hurricane Sandy passed with mostly Democratic votes, as well.

That House Republicans took up the Senate bill marked a stunning reversal for the speaker, who had backed his conservative wing’s drive to gut Obamacare as part of the government shutdown fight. The bill that cleared Congress doesn’t alter Obamacare at all. But Boehner tried everything else and was unable to get his House Republicans to rally around another plan.

McConnell and Reid worked overtime the past three days to hammer out a bipartisan agreement after a House bill collapsed on Tuesday.

Alongside the bill, the Senate agreed to a provision that House and Senate leaders would appoint negotiators to hash out a budget agreement by Dec. 13. Republicans objected 21 times to similar agreements earlier this year.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/1...0.html?hp=t2_s

[Nbadan]

The House moved to clear the legislation 285-144, relying mostly on Democratic votes in the Republican controlled chamber. Just 87 Republicans supported the bill while 198 Democrats voted for it. The bill was opposed by 144 Republicans, including House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan

Rah, rah....

[m>s]

the repugs who voted against just did it symbolically, to save face for their cons uents knowing the votes would be there. defaulting would have been a treasonous offense punishable by death.