D.C. mayor Gray confronts Reid on Capitol steps

D.C. mayor Gray confronts Reid on Capitol steps over shutdown’s impact on city
By Mike DeBonis and Ed O’Keefe, Wednesday, October 9, 12:39 PM

An unusual confrontation took place on the U.S. Capitol steps Wednesday when District Mayor Vincent C. Gray crashed a news conference held by Senate Democrats and asked Majority Leader Harry Reid to exempt the city from the ongoing shutdown.

“Sir, we are not a department of the government,” Gray told Reid moments after the mayor concluded his own press event about 50 yards from where Reid held one. “We’re simply trying to be able to spend our own money.”..


http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc- ... story.html

No honor among thieves? It seems to me that this should have been a celebration of Liberal conquests. Not only do the Libs own the 17% slimdown of the Federal Gubment, they are dancing in the streets while deflecting the blame on the GOP and the Teaparty.

Looks like DC dems are not typical sock puppets.


"Eleanor Holmes Norton confronts Obama on D.C. budget bill
By Ed O'Keefe, Updated: October 9, 2013

Updated 9:30 p.m.

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) had what some colleagues called "a heated exchange" and what she described as "a conversation" with President Obama during a White House meeting Wednesday afternoon regarding the District's budget constraints as a result of the partial government shutdown.

Norton attended the meeting in the White House East Room with nearly 200 House Democrats and was one of a handful given the opportunity to ask the president a question. When she was called upon, Norton pressed Obama to support a House-passed bill that would permit the District to use its locally raised tax funds to maintain operations until Dec. 15."...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/pos ... l/?print=1

Why shouldn't we, the people, demand equal representation from the people we have elected to do our bidding?! Stop watching Gubment do what it wants and demand that Gubment does what we tell it to do! Of course the hole in that logic is that there are too many takers and not enough makers.

Welcome to the SUCK that "we" collectively voted for (twice).

Thanks for the links BB. Here is to a lot more heated exchanges. Maybe they will get the message? Or is that wishful thinking?

Consistent with Article SEVEN, there are 16 funding bills on Reid's desk.........the radical socialists are keeping the feds shut down.......call Reid and demand he act to fund the government.

deltamrey wrote: Consistent with Article SEVEN, there are 16 funding bills on Reid's desk.........the radical socialists are keeping the feds shut down.......call Reid and demand he act to fund the government.

Gee I would deltamrey, but it is scary when the Congress is in session. You never know what they will do and what we will end up with.

Maybe better to call the media and ask where is the coverage of Reid sitting on all those bills. Put him in the hotseat where he belongs for the taxpayers to see.

Hey retards...This may work on you numbskulls, but everything bad that results from the shutdown, including the big "war memorial issue"..... (lol) is being blamed on you..Everywhere but on FOX News and My Mountain Town ......where you spend most of your lifes

Its called The Real World...Look into it :rofllol

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Americans+blame+re ... r+shutdown

Big Dougy wrote: Hey retards...This may work on you numbskulls, but everything bad that results from the shutdown, including the big "war memorial issue" (lol) is being blamed on you..Everywhere but on FOX News and My Mountain Town ......where you spend most of your lifes

Its called The Real World...Look into it :rofllol

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Americans+blame+re ... r+shutdown

Agreed... this is bad... "Americans give Congress an 11% job approval rating"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/0 ... 60128.html

"A Washington Post/ABC poll released Monday found that while the public's ratings for the president and both parties in Congress remain negative, disapproval of Republicans has grown in the past week."

More of the Real World brought to you by FACTS.

Walter L Newton wrote:

Big Dougy wrote: Hey retards...This may work on you numbskulls, but everything bad that results from the shutdown, including the big "war memorial issue" (lol) is being blamed on you..Everywhere but on FOX News and My Mountain Town ......where you spend most of your lifes

Its called The Real World...Look into it :rofllol

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Americans+blame+re ... r+shutdown

Agreed... this is bad... "Americans give Congress an 11% job approval rating"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/0 ... 60128.html

"A Washington Post/ABC poll released Monday found that while the public's ratings for the president and both parties in Congress remain negative, disapproval of Republicans has grown in the past week."

More of the Real World brought to you by FACTS.

and the batshit crazy right wing keeps on diggin.... :rofllol

In the long run, it's great

Keep diggin boys! Keep postin Blazer Bob!