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Saturday, August 23rd, 2014

McConnell’s Plan to Shut Down Obama

Author:     MANU RAJU
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     8/20/14 7:29 PM EDT
 Link: McConnell’s Plan to Shut Down Obama
Stephan:   If would be so helpful for the entire country if the voters of Kentucky would just relieve us of this troglodyte. Otherwise this is what is going to happen in the next two years -- nothing. This as it becomes more and more clear that we desperately need a Congress of adults, one committed to dealing with the issues that face us, and that will shape our future.
In short, it’s a recipe for a confrontational end to the Obama presidency. | Getty

In short, it’s a recipe for a confrontational end to the Obama presidency. | Getty

HENDERSON, Ky. — Mitch McConnell has a game plan to confront President Barack Obama with a stark choice next year: Accept bills reining in the administration’s policies or veto them and risk a government shutdown.

In an extensive interview here, the typically reserved McConnell laid out his clearest thinking yet of how he would lead the Senate if Republicans gain control of the chamber. The emerging strategy: Attach riders to spending bills that would limit Obama policies on everything from the environment to health care, consider using an arcane budget tactic to circumvent Democratic filibusters and force the president to ‘move to the center” if he wants to get any new legislation through Congress.

In short, it’s a recipe for a confrontational end to the Obama presidency.

‘We’re going to pass spending bills, and they’re going to have a lot of restrictions on the activities of the bureaucracy,” McConnell said […]

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