Bunning wants the $10 billion price of extending the programs offset by reductions in spending elsewhere in the budget in order not to drive up the deficit. The Senate can overcome his objection if 60 of its 100 members vote to do so. So far they haven't, and doing that would take at least four days under Senate rules.
No mater what you say, you have to agree that, he is standing for something. A rare thing in Congress. The arguments of Moron Democrats like Harry (dickless) Reid, arguing "well you were a hypocrite before, Come over and be a hypocrite again. Just like the rest of us.
Bunning once again stressed he supports the programs and funding in the measure and criticized Reid and Democrats for not sticking to recently passed "pay-go" provisions, which require paying for such programs with readily available funds rather than additional borrowing
If you are not smart enough to realize, Everybody is fiscally conservative when the Other party is in Power. But nobody has the Balls to, put the brakes on it, and take the Heat that Bunning is taking. If you notice, it has been four days already, Just like congress to whine about, working the weekend. Talk to real american workers about how many times they have had to dig in and work the weekend.
It's easy to talk about Cutting the Deficit when things are easy, Real Hero's are brave enough to do it when it is hard.
Congress can't vote for every tax cut, and for every spending bill, and just hope things will work out.
Bunning voted "yeah" on the 2003 Medicare Part D prescription bill which was really just a $700 billion unfunded give-away to drug companies. No crocodile tears were shed then for the poor grandkids who would be stuck with the debt. Now $10 billion to pay for groceries for the unemployed... Bunning's senile.
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