The good guys, and bad guys, join to win one for the people.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Hell, I'll even give Obama some credit for this. Now, if he would just admit the wars are lost and get out of Iraq & Afghanistan...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_us/us_congress_spending

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama won a showdown vote Wednesday in the GOP-controlled House to kill a costly alternative engine for the Pentagon's next-generation fighter jet.

The win by Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates is a switch from where the House stood last year under Democratic control. It reflects a sustained administration push to win over the votes of scores of Republican freshmen elected last fall on campaign promises to cut the budget.

Many taxpayer watchdog groups also weighed in against the engine program, slated to cost $3 billion over the next few years and $450 million this year alone.

The 233-192 tally was a loss for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, whose state reaped thousands of jobs from the engine, built by the General Electric Co. and Rolls-Royce.

[sufrommich]

1. I'm amazed Boener couldn't save it. He was certainly trying to

twist some arms to make it so.

[Rex]

2. I think we are going to find out Boner is a weak leader.

Like almost all Republicans.

[sufrommich]

3. The sad thing is, he'll use this failure to "prove" he's a no

nonsense cost cutter and his moron cheerleaders will never question his push to keep the engine.

[Rex]

6. It is their way to success. Ya sad ain't it?

And everyone wants to follow them off the cliff! :wtf:

[Vincardog]

5. AKA a weak boner or LIMP

[eleny]

4. I bet that a teabagger will primary him next time. Boener is going down.

I'm so glad to hear about this vote result for the budget's sake.