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The key phrase of the story highlighted. Webster's says, "Capitulate: cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender." Boehner makes claims later in the linked article that he'll "put up enough GOP votes" to get the bill passed and give "his party" as Boehner says the debt ceiling increase they want with no strings attached. Why on Earth would he want to do that? It's asinine. Fox News analysts state they don't believe the Speaker can get the votes gathered to pass the bill even if he wants it to go through. That's the only glimmer we've got.WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner, in an abrupt shift, announced Tuesday that the House would vote on an increase in the nation's borrowing cap without any strings attached.
A senior House GOP leadership source told Fox News that the vote is expected Tuesday night, with lawmakers trying to beat the impending snowstorm.
Boehner's decision to proceed with a "clean" debt-ceiling bill amounts to a capitulation by Republicans to President Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats who argued that the GOP should not attempt to use the bill as leverage to extract concessions from the administration. Conservative groups quickly condemned the decision, voicing concern that Congress would let the cap continue to rise above its current $17.3 trillion level without anything in return.
We've got a spineless party leadership giving the nation away as fast as the Marxist Democrats can destroy it. Can anyone say words like "secede," "revolt," "Constitutional convention"? It's time. We've had enough.
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