House GOP rises up against Cheney

[kpete]

House GOP rises up against Cheney
By DANIEL W. REILLY & PATRICK O'CONNOR | 9/23/08 1:51 PM EDT

There was a time when Dick Cheney could turn back a Republican revolt on Capitol Hill. Not anymore.

That time is gone.

House Republicans rose up en masse against their vice president on Tuesday morning to blast an administration proposal that would grant Treasury historic authority to start buying hundreds of billions of dollars in devalued mortgage-related assets, according to members present.

The lines to speak were long, the questions many and sentiment in the Cannon Caucus Room Tuesday swayed heavily against the Treasury proposal.

Afterward, Texas Rep. Joe Barton took the unusual step of telling reporters that he had politely given Cheney a piece of his mind – the sort of dissent Republicans considered unthinkable during much of the Bush administration's reign.

A full-throated Republican revolt could create huge problems for the administration and congressional Democrats scrambling to assemble a package to reassure jittery markets. It could also preserve the Republicans’ options after the fact – if the bailout doesn’t work or proves deeply unpopular with voters, they can say they opposed it.

more at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13789.html

[Hugin]

1. Note to Cheney...

I told you to use the Rock Salt not the Bird Shot.

Maybe, next time you'll listen.

Signed,

Evil Bastard.

[evlbstrd]

3. Hey!

Too many vowels.

[Hugin]

4. Sorry.

Must be my other brother, Evil Bastard. ;)

[randr]

2. Tell me what Cheney has to do with this?

[Vincardog]

5. This "Crisis" is the direct result of Ray Gun "conservatives" running things for the last 25 years.

THEY REMOVED ALL REGULATION AND LIMIT ON THE GREED OF PARASITIC CORPORATIONS, and now are surprised that the greedy bastards made bad decisions in their pursuit of unrelenting increasing profits.

They created this mess and now want to hide from the consequences.

The Chimp/Chump/aWoL looser in charge is their role model.

Gee who would have thought that after he had failed at every other thing he had attempted in life
That he would make such a LOUSY (p)Resident?

[Solly Mack]

6. The key sentence being

"It could also preserve the Republicans’ options after the fact – if the bailout doesn’t work or proves deeply unpopular with voters, they can say they opposed it."

AND - with the so-called "rises up against Cheney...it allows them to appear separate from Bush/Cheney

[Demeter]

7. Cheney's Been Irrelevant Since Those Nukes Went for a Field Trip

I think they pulled his membership in the Power Club after that.

[Demeter]

8. Deleted Dupe Post

[curious one]

9. Is this prelude to impeachment?

[fla nocount]

10. From what I glean from the OP

Enabling DLC/blue dog Dem.s are as inconvenienced as Sir Cheney.

[underpants]

11. It's THAT BAD of a plan

Stinks to high heaven

http://thinkprogress.org/

[BraneMatter]

12. Please tell me that....

they cornered him in the men's bathroom on The Hill today, and worked him over good...

[RollWithIt]

13. The Economy is about to sink into depression and they're still thinking about their political future

Says a lot.

[MiniMe]

14. Welcome to election year politics

All of the house is up for re-election.