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| HR 70 PAYGO Reinstatement Act | |
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| Heather Holson | 14 Jun 2013, 11:20 AM Post #1 |
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48 hours for debate
Edited by Heather Holson, 16 Jun 2013, 01:37 PM.
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| Brenninger | 14 Jun 2013, 11:51 PM Post #41 |
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#Swaggy
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| Edward Kensington | 14 Jun 2013, 11:59 PM Post #42 |
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Madame Speaker, AYE to table. The Republicans are free, of course, to continue telling lies to themselves and their GOP and Tea Party supporters. We know the truth. "Reagan," Vice President Dick Cheney famously declared in 2002, "proved deficits don't matter." ![]()
Edited by Edward Kensington, 15 Jun 2013, 12:05 AM.
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| Matt Urbana | 15 Jun 2013, 12:06 AM Post #43 |
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Madam Speaker, The Majority forgets that we are debating a bill here, one which would reign in federal spending, and not debating a resolution to assign blame for the country's budget deficit. The bill stands on its merits. It's really quite simple: should all new federal spending be offset by cuts somewhere else unless a significant majority of Congress agrees? Yes. I yield. |
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| Vissering | 15 Jun 2013, 12:07 AM Post #44 |
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I'm radioactive.
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Nay to table. |
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| Edward Kensington | 15 Jun 2013, 12:14 AM Post #45 |
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Madame Speaker, The Opposition Member was quick to throw a finger at us when his Party is responsible for the lion share of this problem. Furthermore, PAYGO does nothing to address the main contributors to our fiscal imbalance and situation. 1. PAYGO does nothing to control automatic and mandatory spending (SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, WIC, Food Stamps, Section 8 Housing Assistance and TANF). Mandatory federal spending is directly linked to our economic condition. 2. PAYGO does nothing to address the Bush era tax reduction which will be a leading cause of our medium term fiscal imbalance. 3. PAYGO does nothing to address excessive defense spending and the War in Iraq which were implemented or came about under the Bush Administration. Edited by Edward Kensington, 15 Jun 2013, 12:17 AM.
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| Matt Urbana | 15 Jun 2013, 12:18 AM Post #46 |
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Madam Speaker, Again, the Majority is departing from the real issue at hand here. Is out of hand government spending a problem? Absolutely. Do other factors such as the economic downturn and uncontrolled entitlements contribute significantly to the deficit? Sure. But that doesn't mean that we can't or shouldn't at least attempt to fix our spending problem. I yield. |
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| Jack Bentley | 15 Jun 2013, 12:21 AM Post #47 |
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Nay to table. |
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| Edward Kensington | 15 Jun 2013, 12:22 AM Post #48 |
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Madame Speaker, Is the gentleman from Ohio deaf? PAYGO will tie our hands when it comes to investing in essential priorities while doing nothing to address the real causes of our deficit and present situation. PAYGO will prevent us from making improvements to Homeland and Border Security. PAYGO will prevent us from investing in the kind of Pentagon and Defense Research which led to very useful and practical commercial innovations such as the Microwave, the CDROM and the World Wide Web. All of those stemmed from defense research. PAYGO will prevent us from investing in infrastructure repair so that Americans do not have to fear plunging to their deaths when another bridge collapses? How many more bridges have to collapse before the Republicans side with us on infrastructure? How many more must die? Edited by Edward Kensington, 15 Jun 2013, 12:30 AM.
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| Matt Urbana | 15 Jun 2013, 12:32 AM Post #49 |
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Madam Speaker, On the contrary, PAYGO will not prevent us from doing any of those things. It may, however, ensure that we cut adequate waste to support the funding of projects that are of higher priority, such as the ones cited by the gentleman. I yield. |
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| Daniel Hernandez | 15 Jun 2013, 12:34 AM Post #50 |
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Wielder of the Gavel
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Rick Thomas Nay to Table |
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| Daniel Hernandez | 15 Jun 2013, 12:36 AM Post #51 |
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Wielder of the Gavel
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Rick Thomas Madame Speaker, I request permission to revise and extend my remarks. I ask that you call the gentleman from North Carolina to order. His comments about "Is the gentleman deaf?" very clearly violate the rules of decorum on which most members of this body seem capable of conducting themselves. It is unfortunate that certain members of the majority see fit to engage in debate by throwing out childish insults. The people of our nation deserve better than what we have just witnessed. I yield. |
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| Edward Kensington | 15 Jun 2013, 12:38 AM Post #52 |
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Madame Speaker, It will cost us in one form or another. Discretionary spending is a very small portion of our overall federal spending. Increasing expenditure on infrastructure to repair our bridges would have to come at the expense of other vital areas. We can reduce waste without tying our hands. |
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| Edward Kensington | 15 Jun 2013, 12:39 AM Post #53 |
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Madame Speaker, Maybe if the Republicans hadn't wasted over $55 million trying to repeal Obama Care... |
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| Edward Kensington | 15 Jun 2013, 12:47 AM Post #54 |
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I, for instance, believe we should begin reducing waste right here. I motion that all sections of this bill be removed, save for the following:
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| Daniel Hernandez | 15 Jun 2013, 12:55 AM Post #55 |
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Rick Thomas Madame Speaker, I request permission to revise and extend my remarks. The proposal to amend offered by the gentleman from North Carolina is clearly dilatory, as it would completely change the meaning of the bill. Furthermore, rather than recognize the inappropriateness of the personal attacks made upon other members of this chamber, he chooses instead to make more of them. I repeat my request that the gentleman be called to order for violating the rules of decorum. I yield. |
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| Landry | 15 Jun 2013, 01:05 AM Post #56 |
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Winter is Coming to the Red States
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Madam Speaker, Is there a reason the gentleman wants to see funding for students cut? I yield. |
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| peter | 15 Jun 2013, 03:48 AM Post #57 |
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Lucas for President: Take Back America!
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Nay to table |
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| Melissa Sanchez | 15 Jun 2013, 07:38 AM Post #58 |
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Nay to table. |
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| Melissa Sanchez | 15 Jun 2013, 07:38 AM Post #59 |
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Madam speaker, I move to extend debate by 48 hours. |
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| Melissa Sanchez | 15 Jun 2013, 07:41 AM Post #60 |
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Madam Speaker, I shall let the voice of history, as spoken in Wikipedia, answer the question of my support for PAYGO:
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