John Boehner, GOP-Backed Stopgap Budget Bill Passes House Vote

WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled House has passed legislation seeking to keep the government open for another week while funding the Pentagon through September. But Senate Democrats oppose it, and President Barack Obama has promised a veto should the bill reach him.

Obama called the measure a distraction from ongoing negotiations on a full-year spending bill.

A partial government shutdown looms at midnight Friday. Quarreling consumed the Capitol on Thursday, even as top congressional negotiators went to the White House for more talks with Obama.

Republicans blasted Democrats for risking denying pay to troops overseas and sought to blame them if the government shuts down. Democrats said it was past time to complete negotiations on the full-year funding bill and complained about a provision banning taxpayer-financed abortions in Washington, D.C.

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[NGCBWI0912]

03:51 PM on 04/07/2011

mr president - tea-partiers will never give you a victory of any sort
what on earth are you doing - stop with the meetings - boehner is out to hurt you politically and he'll shut down the government to do so
they're saying you're not leading, do you hear them - they hate you and everything you stand for
koch called your policies socialism and he funds them - wake up man - you don't understand the presidency is now different with you as the occupier
take your case to the overwhelming majority of people in this country who want you to succeed b/c they want the country to succeed
the tea-party has always been about bringing you down and nothing more
wake up man!

[americaisbroken]

03:08 PM on 04/07/2011

Why we can't trust John Boehner. Please watch!

http://youtu.be/MAC2xeT2yOg