Speaker of the House John Boner (click title to entry - thank you) speaks with members of the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill Dec. 13, 2011. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
The Executive Branch of the USA, namely the State Department and EPA are seeking a better and uncorrupt assessment of the Pipeline which provided conflict of interest in the prior assessments.
President Obama has alerted the Congress to that reality and in spite of the corruption involved the House has passed a pathetic tax cut legislation that attempts to override the authority of the Executive Branch.
The USA's Republican leadership is pitifully corrupt.
Well, how about that Boner showed up after his outing today.
...To bring Republicans to the table, Democrats have slow-walked an unrelated year-end spending bill that is needed to keep the government running, preventing the GOP-led House from finishing its work and leaving town for the holidays.
Such a strategy is risky, as Congress must approve the funding bill or the federal government will shutdown on Friday. But the leverage proved irresistible. Obama, in strategizing with Reid over the weekend, insisted the bills be linked. Obama said that "nothing gets done until everything gets done," according to a senior administration official.
Republicans were caught off guard by the move, and thought they had a handshake agreement with Democrats on the spending bill. But Democrats said unresolved issues remained – including provisions on abortion, travel to Cuba and funding levels for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which plays a role in Wall Street regulation....
Well, how about that Boner showed up after his outing today.
...To bring Republicans to the table, Democrats have slow-walked an unrelated year-end spending bill that is needed to keep the government running, preventing the GOP-led House from finishing its work and leaving town for the holidays.
Such a strategy is risky, as Congress must approve the funding bill or the federal government will shutdown on Friday. But the leverage proved irresistible. Obama, in strategizing with Reid over the weekend, insisted the bills be linked. Obama said that "nothing gets done until everything gets done," according to a senior administration official.
Republicans were caught off guard by the move, and thought they had a handshake agreement with Democrats on the spending bill. But Democrats said unresolved issues remained – including provisions on abortion, travel to Cuba and funding levels for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which plays a role in Wall Street regulation....
