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But the fiscal stalwarts are also considering tactical political moves to stop the spending binge. Some are considering forming a "suicide squad" that would block or vote against their own party if any more huge spending bills arrive. Others have suggested that it's time for term limits for seats on the Appropriations Committee, which is the soul of the spending machine.
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While these folks bring experience, they also bring an aversion to political risk and avoid controversial votes or reform. That helps explain why House Republicans have shown the most opposition to personal Social Security accounts, even as they push for a gas-tax increase to finance more highway projects. But if voters want highways, they can elect Democrats. The danger for Republicans is that voters will start to see them the same way they did the Jim Wright Democrats of the 1980s--concerned only with keeping power for power's sake.
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No one yet knows how many conservatives will follow through with these threats. But the feeling among the grass roots may be more unsettled than at any point since 1998. "There is a sort of universal disquiet," explains David Keene, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, who will welcome the Conservative Political Action Conference, the largest annual gathering of right-wing activists, to Washington on Thursday. "But it's unclear whether it's serious enough to result in the sort of depression that would elect a bunch of Democrats in 2006."
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David Hughes's Comments
ya, it's getting to be like
ya, it's getting to be like a third Bush term...
from
from 2004
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004621
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But the fiscal stalwarts are also considering tactical political moves to stop the spending binge. Some are considering forming a "suicide squad" that would block or vote against their own party if any more huge spending bills arrive. Others have suggested that it's time for term limits for seats on the Appropriations Committee, which is the soul of the spending machine.
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While these folks bring experience, they also bring an aversion to political risk and avoid controversial votes or reform. That helps explain why House Republicans have shown the most opposition to personal Social Security accounts, even as they push for a gas-tax increase to finance more highway projects. But if voters want highways, they can elect Democrats. The danger for Republicans is that voters will start to see them the same way they did the Jim Wright Democrats of the 1980s--concerned only with keeping power for power's sake.
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or from Feb 2006 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/09/right_backlash/
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No one yet knows how many conservatives will follow through with these threats. But the feeling among the grass roots may be more unsettled than at any point since 1998. "There is a sort of universal disquiet," explains David Keene, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, who will welcome the Conservative Political Action Conference, the largest annual gathering of right-wing activists, to Washington on Thursday. "But it's unclear whether it's serious enough to result in the sort of depression that would elect a bunch of Democrats in 2006."
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Democrats have 60 votes in
Democrats have 60 votes in the Senate, an overwhelming majority in the House and the Presidency.
They have the votes to pass whatever they can agree to. Can't blame the Republicans for Democrats unable to agree among themselves.
Tron, quit putting words in
Tron, quit putting words in Lenny's mouth.
Betcha the US Constitution
Betcha the US Constitution has more to do with it.