With Congress and the President ready to toss the pending "Bereft Banker BailOut" at our feet, I thought I would see what Republican House members were saying and doing.
In a closed-door session with House Republicans Sunday evening, Minority Leader John A. Boehner called the $700 billion financial rescue deal a “crap sandwich” — then said he plans to vote for it.
Things are not looking good if the Minority Leader of the House refers to the pending legislation as a "crap sandwich" and then says he's still willing to vote for it. Shouldn't our Congressmen be voting for the the right solution rather than the best solution they could come up with before some imaginary deadline?
With support from Cantor and Ryan in hand, party leaders – in conjunction with the White House – were expected to start leaning on other members to back the bill.
When you hear that Republicans need to lean on other Republicans to convince them to back a bill, you know the bill is a bad idea. You lean on people when they want to force them to do something. If it was a good idea, wouldn't they be backing it willingly?
Minority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.), who negotiated the terms of the tentative agreement for House Republicans, met Sunday afternoon with a bloc of retiring GOP lawmakers in an effort to secure their support for the plan, members familiar with the discussions said.
During that session, Illinois Rep. Ray LaHood, who has battled with party leaders over the years, told his colleagues that they should support the team because none of them would have to face voters in November.
He told his colleagues to support the bill because they are retiring and wouldn't have to face voters in November. If that isn't the clearest signal that this bail out bill is still a bad idea, I don't know what is.
