Today, the House is expected to vote on Speaker John Boehner’s plan to raise the debt ceiling for six months in exchange for $1 trillion in spending cuts, with more to come over the next 10 years. Many Tea Partiers plan to vote against it in favor of their "Cut, Cap and Balance" pipe dream plan. Here are the top five outbursts to come out of the infighting:
1. "Get your ass in line." -- House Speaker John Boehnerto the rebellious Republican freshman class that has been threatening to vote against his bill.
2. "Fire him! Fire him!" -- Republicans chanting at a Republican Study Commission (RSC) staffer who'd been encouraging Republicans to vote against the Boehner bill and anything other than "Cut, Cap and Balance."
3. "John Boehner has to go." -- Tea Party Nation leader Judson Philips called for the ouster of John Boehner in an email to supporters yesterday, saying Boehner’s plan (elsewhere predicted to “produce the greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern U.S. history”) doesn’t cut spending enough.
4. "It hasn't been rejected, it's been tabled!" -- RSC chairman Jim Jordan refuses to accept that in the Senate, tabling "Cut, Cap and Balance" is the equivalent of voting it down.
5. "The debt limit vote sucks." -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says what we’re all thinking.
Despite the staunch opposition of the Tea Party, the Republican Study Commission, the Heritage Foundation, and far-right media outlets like RedState, it appears some Tea Party Republicans are giving in to pressure from leaders to support the plan, but even if Boehner finds enough votes, it still doesn't have a hope of also passing in the Senate.
1. "Get your ass in line." -- House Speaker John Boehnerto the rebellious Republican freshman class that has been threatening to vote against his bill.
2. "Fire him! Fire him!" -- Republicans chanting at a Republican Study Commission (RSC) staffer who'd been encouraging Republicans to vote against the Boehner bill and anything other than "Cut, Cap and Balance."
3. "John Boehner has to go." -- Tea Party Nation leader Judson Philips called for the ouster of John Boehner in an email to supporters yesterday, saying Boehner’s plan (elsewhere predicted to “produce the greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern U.S. history”) doesn’t cut spending enough.
4. "It hasn't been rejected, it's been tabled!" -- RSC chairman Jim Jordan refuses to accept that in the Senate, tabling "Cut, Cap and Balance" is the equivalent of voting it down.
5. "The debt limit vote sucks." -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says what we’re all thinking.
Despite the staunch opposition of the Tea Party, the Republican Study Commission, the Heritage Foundation, and far-right media outlets like RedState, it appears some Tea Party Republicans are giving in to pressure from leaders to support the plan, but even if Boehner finds enough votes, it still doesn't have a hope of also passing in the Senate.
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- Political infighting among Republicans. Politico
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