Floor Drama: Boehner Embarrassment As House Nearly Kills Omnibus On Procedural Vote

[Brian4Liberty]

Contact your Senators now! This is right on the edge of not passing.

Floor Drama: Boehner Embarrassment As House Nearly Kills Omnibus On Procedural Vote (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/12/11/Floor-Drama-Boehner-Embarrassment-As-House-Nearly-Kills-Omnibus-On-Procedural-Vote)
by Matthew Boyle - 11 Dec 2014


The final vote on Speaker John Boehner’s 1,603-page, more than $1 trillion omnibus spending bill is in jeopardy after members almost killed the bill on the rule. A total of 214 members voted for it, less than the majority of members in the House, but since all members weren't voting, the 212 against the rule wasn’t enough to kill it.

Time for voting had run out minutes before, and briefly the nays—those against the rule—had the majority. At least one Republican had switched a vote from being against the rule to for it, at which time the presiding officer used procedural chicanery to quickly call the vote passed.

Republican Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Steve King (R-IA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Tom Massie (R-KY), Bill Posey (R-FL), Matt Salmon (R-AZ) and Steve Stockman (R-TX) held the line and voted no. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) switched his vote from nay to yay at the last minute.

If the numbers that are being reported—50 to 60, maybe more—of Republicans hold on against the final passage of the bill later in the day, and all the Democrats who opposed the rule oppose the bill, the bill would fail on final passage. It remains to be seen what will happen.

The mere closeness of the vote on the rule—normally a purely procedural matter, but necessary to bring the full bill to the floor of the House—is an embarrassment to House Republican leadership, who had been triumphantly claiming for hours on Thursday they had no worries about it at all.

If the Boehner omnibus is killed for good later in the day, congressional leadership is planning to change tack and move forward with a three-month stopgap spending bill, or a clean Continuing Resolution.
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More: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/12/11/Floor-Drama-Boehner-Embarrassment-As-House-Nearly-Kills-Omnibus-On-Procedural-Vote

[Brian4Liberty]

Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) switched his vote from nay to yay at the last minute.

SMDH.

[Brian4Liberty]

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[TaftFan]

SMDH.
He changed his vote so Pelosi "wouldn't win." Well, Kerry, neither would the American people.

He's so dumb. Good riddance to him leaving.

[Zippyjuan]

"Omnibus" is right. There are so many "pet projects" stuffed into that thing. "Emergency government funding bill"?

[Brian4Liberty]

He changed his vote so Pelosi "wouldn't win." Well, Kerry, neither would the American people.

He's so dumb. Good riddance to him leaving.

He has folded like a cheap suit ever since he was elected.

[charrob]

My congress critter John Sarbanes has come out against it (and he also came out against the NDAA part last week):

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=751085771638075&set=vb.277056462374344&type=2&theater


Elizabeth Warren in the Senate also came out against the funding bill:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H20Dhc85OhM&feature=youtu.be



I'm confused about the NDAA part which (I think) is part of the overall funding bill, right? Or am I incorrect on this? In this (http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/226776-senate-advances-defense-bill) article it states:


"Despite those objections, the Senate voted 85-14 to end debate on the motion to concur with the House on S. 3979, advancing the measure for a final vote expected no later than Friday."

So that means it passed the Senate?



Is there a roll call where we can see who the 14 Senators were that voted against it?
Did Rand Paul vote against it?
Is the NDAA part a separate part and a separate vote from the overall funding bill?

:confused:

[HOLLYWOOD]

The only ones to blame are the idiots of the Ohio 8th Congressional District repetitively reelecting John Boehner. Ron Paul was wrong, Americans really are stupid.

http://kwout.com/cutout/c/uu/g9/4x5_bor.jpg

(http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024391749)

[Dianne]

I don't even feel like looking this up.... What state is the dumbest in the U.S. (outside of N.Y. and CA.) that keeps electing that criminal piece of chit, Boehner ?

[Dianne]

My congress critter John Sarbanes has come out against it (and he also came out against the NDAA part last week):

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=751085771638075&set=vb.277056462374344&type=2&theater


Elizabeth Warren in the Senate also came out against the funding bill:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H20Dhc85OhM&feature=youtu.be



I'm confused about the NDAA part which (I think) is part of the overall funding bill, right? Or am I incorrect on this? In this (http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/226776-senate-advances-defense-bill) article it states:



So that means it passed the Senate?



Is there a roll call where we can see who the 14 Senators were that voted against it?
Did Rand Paul vote against it?
Is the NDAA part a separate part and a separate vote from the overall funding bill?

:confused:

Elizabeth Warren is going to kick Hillary's arse if she decides to run. Moveon.org and the Commander and Thief are already in Warren's corner against Hillary. I am very doubtful Hillary is going to run.

[GunnyFreedom]

I don't even feel like looking this up.... What state is the dumbest in the U.S. (outside of N.Y. and CA.) that keeps electing that criminal piece of chit, Boehner ?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtY2RC9mTbE

[TheCount]

This continuing resolution shit has got to stop.

[GunnyFreedom]

Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) switched his vote from nay to yay at the last minute.SMDH.

He's either a blithering idiot or a calculated fraud.

[GunnyFreedom]

Elizabeth Warren is going to kick Hillary's arse if she decides to run. Moveon.org and the Commander and Thief are already in Warren's corner against Hillary. I am very doubtful Hillary is going to run.

Warren is the one I actually worry about. She is all but openly communist. She probably has an image of Karl Marx on the mantlepiece of her brain housing group. Certainly Che at least. Warren will be 5x as dangerous as the Bummer.

[TaftFan]

He's either a blithering idiot or a calculated fraud.

Unlike most, I truly think he is the former.

[GunnyFreedom]

Unlike most, I truly think he is the former.

Yeah, I totally get the "I'm just happy to be here" vibe. :-/

[anaconda]

So that means it passed the Senate?


I think it means that the Senate has voted to accept the House version of the bill for a vote ("concur"), rather than making adjustments that require a conference. The bill has not been voted on yet by the Senate.

[Mr.NoSmile]

It is refreshing to see and read outrage on both sides, with some folks on Facebook calling the Democrats who voted for the bill sellouts and such. It's moments like these where the two parties blur.

[Brian4Liberty]

OP updated. Contact your Senators today!

[charrob]

I think it means that the Senate has voted to accept the House version of the bill for a vote ("concur"), rather than making adjustments that require a conference. The bill has not been voted on yet by the Senate.

Thanks so much for responding. I’ve been confused about this. This article (http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/226910-friday-ndaa-cromnibus)states the following about the NDAA:

“The Senate starts at 10 a.m. on Friday and will vote around 3 p.m. on the $585 billion defense bill.”

I’ve asked my Senators to vote ‘No’ on both the overall spending bill as well as the NDAA. However, I’m still confused about this:

Is the $585 billion NDAA one part of the $1.1 trillion dollar overall funding bill for the government? (So $585 billion of the $1.1 trillion goes to defense?).
It sounds like the NDAA is a separate vote from the overall funding bill: why?
Are there other parts of the overall funding bill that are also separately voted on? Or is the NDAA the only exception that requires a separate vote?

[HOLLYWOOD]

Thanks so much for responding. I’ve been confused about this. This article (http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/226910-friday-ndaa-cromnibus)states the following about the NDAA:


I’ve asked my Senators to vote ‘No’ on both the overall spending bill as well as the NDAA. However, I’m still confused about this:

Is the $585 billion NDAA one part of the $1.1 trillion dollar overall funding bill for the government? (So $585 billion of the $1.1 trillion goes to defense?).
It sounds like the NDAA is a separate vote from the overall funding bill: why?
Are there other parts of the overall funding bill that are also separately voted on? Or is the NDAA the only exception that requires a separate vote?

Much more than $585 Billion... on top of the canned Military-Security Industrial Complex cash, there's the phony Afghanistan-Iraqi cesspools which get $75 Billion. $5.4 Billion for the ISIS drama series, $1/2 Billion for terrorists in Syria.

[Brian4Liberty]

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[francisco]

Following on his Twitter comment, has Rand or anyone else made the this shorthand connection?

CROMNIBUS = CRABOMINATION

[charrob]

Much more than $585 Billion... on top of the canned Military-Security Industrial Complex cash, there's the phony Afghanistan-Iraqi cesspools which get $75 Billion. $5.4 Billion for the ISIS drama series, $1/2 Billion for terrorists in Syria.


geez. And that's on top of the $3.1 billion for Israel, $1.3 billion for Egypt, $1.1 billion for Jordan, and now apparently we're going to spend money sending lethal arms to Ukraine (which doesn't seem like it's part of this spending bill).

Does anyone know exactly how much we spend on foreign policy/"defense"/"security" every year?