The House is firing back with their own bill rather than wait for the Senate to offer a competing plan. House democrats will likely oppose the plan, which will mean another partisan bill passed from the House GOP. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) tweeted, “GOP’s latest plan is designed to torpedo the bipartisan (Senate) solution-” Hollen is the top democratic member of the House budget committee. Hollen goes on to direct blame for possible default on the GOP. Hollen Details on the House plan are scattered. According to USA Today, GOP House aides are not authorized to speak about the plan until it is publicly announced in full. However, certain details are clear. The GOP will extend federal spending through January and raise the debt ceiling through February. However, the House is attempting to take back their Constitutionally delegated power of the purse by removing the Treasury secretary’s ability to use “extraordinary measures” to extend the debt ceiling deadline. This unconstitutional power-grab has allowed the executive branch power over the purse. The new House plan will also reinstate the Vitter amendment, which strips Congress, Cabinet appointees and their staff of the subsidy exemption President Obama sought for Congress. Read more: benswann/breaking-house-gop-fires-back-with-new-plan-strips-congress-of-obamacare-exemptions/#ixzz2hokBxVzi Follow us: @BenSwann_ on Twitter
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:40:27 +0000
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