Senator Coburn is out for blood
Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is a good 'un. He is warning people who switch their votes from "no" to "yes" that he'll be after them.
Here's a transcript of the Senator's remarks:
I want to send a couple of messages to my colleagues in the House.If you voted no and you vote yes, and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to a federal position isn't going to be held in the Senate, I've got news for you. It's going to be held.
Number two is, if you get a deal, a parochial deal for you or your district, I've already instructed my staff and the staff of seven other senators that we will look at every appropriations bill, at every level, at every instance, and we will outline it by district, and we will associate that with the buying of your vote. So, if you think you can cut a deal now, and it not come out until after the election, I want to tell you that isn't going to happen. And be prepared to defend selling your vote in the House.
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My brother posits a scene from the John Carpenter movie Vampires. I don't recall it but brother says the hunters drive a truck to a vampire house, and harpoon a vampire. They drag it out into the sun where it bursts into flame.
I'm thinking Congress...
I have never been so angry before with government.
You seem not to remember that actions have consequences.
Senator Coburn's hectoring of the house may cause a WAR between House and Senate ! A pissing contest that may effectively shut down Government spending !
Imagine the two Houses never getting into agreement over the budget ! THEY MIGHT NOT GET PAID ! They would be stranded in D.C. without the means to get home ! Amen Brother !
Fair warning.....it is time for our reps to be made accountable.