Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by andy112 4634 days ago
The primary reason the House has been a deal-stopper so far is more because of Boehner's resistance to bring bills to the floor unless they would be supported by a majority of the House Republicans regardless of whether they'd pass a floor vote.

It's assuming (IMO correctly) that it will be too politically difficult for Boehner to prevent the Senate's bill from coming to the floor of the House and being voted on.

In the House vote, it's likely the most conservative House members will still vote against it, but there should be more than enough votes for it to be passed (with the House votes coming from moderate Republicans + all/nearly all Democrats).
1 comments
JRobertson 4634 days ago
Boenher's refusal to bring the bill to the floor has been frustrating. Equally frustrating has been Harry Reid's refusal to bring bills to the Senate floor.

Both sides were standing firm by their "ideals". Neither side made any sincere efforts to find an actual solution.

link
dragontamer 4634 days ago
Republicans didn't know how to compromise here. Allegedly, they want to open the government. All Democrats want to do is open the government.

Apparently, both sides want to open the government. So... why should Democrats cede the Republicans on issues? Compromise is when both sides give up something to meet in the middle. But Republicans haven't "given up" anything in any of their deals.

link
JRobertson 4634 days ago
I agree 100%. I mentioned "Both sides" in my post. I am equally frustrated by the republicans and the Democrats.

When the Republican leader of the house refuses to bring bills to the floor AND the Democratic leader of the Senate refuses to bring bills to the floor they're both playing politics.

I'm not arguing that democrats are to blame. I'm arguing that BOTH sides are involved in these games, and BOTH sides should have been willing to bring more to the table.

I'm disappointed in how quickly HN is heading towards Reddit in its down voting. You can't even try to keep the conversation factual and mention the issues on both sides. Either you jump in with the current media story of how it's all republicans fault or you get down voted.

link