Blog - Read the Reid Debt Bill -- Vote This Afternoon 
OpenCongress Blog
Blog Feed Comments Feed More RSS Feeds
Read the Reid Debt Bill -- Vote This Afternoon
July 30, 2011 - by Donny Shaw
The House is scheduled this afternoon to vote on Senate Majority Harry Reid’s debt ceiling bill, which you can find here:
H.R.2693 — Budget Control Act of 2011
The full text is here. It’s a good read. I promise.
Because of the procedure under which the Reid bill is being taken up, it’s guaranteed to fail. Rep. Dreier, the House Rules Committee Chair, has put the bill on the suspensions calendar, which means there will be no amendments allowed, no motions to recommit, and a 2/3rds majority required for passage. The suspensions calendar is typically reserved for non-controversial stuff that is going to pass easily, like naming post offices and honoring sports teams. It’s a way to save time on routine matters — not really a good way to vote on cutting trillions in social spending. This isn’t going to get a 2/3rds majority, and Dreier knows that.
Meanwhile, the Senate is waiting around all day for their motion to proceed to the Reid bill to ripen. The delay is because Senate Republicans yesterday did not agree to proceed to the bill under unanimous consent. Their objections means that Reid had to file for cloture on the bill, which takes one calendar day plus one hour to ripen, and that the bill will need 60 votes to be approved, not a simple majority of 51. Senate Dems don’t have 60 votes for the bill, so it’s going to fail. The vote is expected at 1 a.m. on Sunday.
Also, read Dave Dayen on what the endgame is shaping up to look like.
Get Blog Updates by Email
Want a simple way to stay on top of what's happening in Congress?
Subscribe to this blog!Send Us a Tip
-
I've been watching a lot of...
Submitted by Robert Schwartzman on Dec 9
-
Proposed Bill HR-2674 Prote...
Submitted by Mary on Jun 16
-
Amendment No. 601 to the Om...
Submitted by Winifred on Mar 3
You can submit a tip anonymously, or attributed to your own name and e-mail, whichever you prefer. Read more about submitting a tip.
Recent Posts
- Endless Blockade for the Senate ... January 25, 2013
- One Year Ago We Killed SOPA -- H... January 18, 2013
- Senate Democrats Looking to End ... January 08, 2013
- Welcome the 113th U.S. Congress:... January 03, 2013
- Secretive Conference Committee F... December 20, 2012
Archives
See All ArchivesBlogroll
- A plain blog about politics
- The Baseline Scenario
- Capital Eye
- The Caucus
- CBO Director's Blog
- Congress Matters
- The Corner
- CREW Blog
- Crooks and Liars
- Jamie Dupree
- Election Law Blog
- FDL News Desk
- Glenn Greenwald
- Hot Air
- Irregular Times
- Little Sis
- Naked Capitalism
- The Moderate Voice
- OMB Watch
- Open House Project
- Party Time
- Plum Line
- Political Animal
- Political Wire
- ProPublica
- Real Clear Politics
- RedState
- Secrecy News
- Sunlight Foundation Blog
- Talking Points Memo
- techPresident
- 2chambers
- Unanimous Consent
- The Weekly Standard
Sort By
Comments
I can’t wait til all those soldiers come back from Afghanistan over the coming year or so. If you think the public is angry about this now, think of those guys dodging bullets for America and finding out they might not be able to pay their mortgages back home because of a bunch of jokers in Congress. See the network news tonight with the scenes of our troops asking the general what the heck is up with this.
Spam Comment
I’m 64-years old and have been paying into FICA since I was 16-years old when I first started working. What the HELL has the government done with all that money they have taken from us (with no choice on our parts) since 1936? Myself and 80 million other retired people were supposed to be guaranteed a monthly income after retiring. Also, how about all the retired military who defended this country through all the wars????
I saw a quote from a politician yesterday online that there are 70 to 80 million people on Social Security, they couldn’t or wouldn’t give the number of retired military or military people overseas keeping our country safe in wars we probably shouldn’t even be involved in that may not be paid next week.
Are our politicians in Congress asking for a revolution?
Spam Comment
Spam Comment
Spam Comment
Very good points you wrote here..Great stuff…I think you’ve made some truly interesting points.Keep up the good work.
Dermatend
Interesting post and thanks for sharing. Some things in here I have not thought about before.Thanks for making such a cool post which is really very well written. Will be referring a lot of friends about this. Keep blogging.mole removal
The debt limit was increased by $400 billion thermostatic immediately
This is my first opportunity to visit this website. I found some interesting things and I will apply to the development of my blog. Thanks for sharing useful information.
Coursework | Custom Assignment
Spam Comment
Spam Comment
Spam Comment
whether the bill is failed or not, I don’t think it can help too much for improving people’s life. pellet mill
Spam Comment
Spam Comment
Where is all the no raising the debt ceiling from baggers? Time for some new bags to replace the two faced bags. This is bipartison also, the GOP and Baggers.
texas debt collection act