Do you support the House Republicans threat to shut down the Government ?

Question

The GOP is squabbling over who should shut down the government first .The Constitution does an admirable job of describing the way our government is supposed to operate, and nowhere does it say the House of Representatives has the power to shut it down in order to revoke a law that displeases it. In fact, it makes it clear that this is not how our system works . What the Republicans are attempting to do is, therefore, both unconstitutional and a violation of their own sworn promise an oath sworn on the Bible they claim to revere. Their consciences must decide whether their behavior is un-Godly, but the Constitution they swore to uphold makes it pretty plain that it’s un-American.Is this the beginning of the end of the House Tea party Republicans ?

Answer 1

No.



But I do support President Obama should he let them shut it down. Enough is enough with the GOP holding this nation hostage so that they can get their way.



ObamaCare should not be on the table for ANY negotiations. That battle and war are over.

Answer 2

No. The Republicans ARE NOT "threatening" to shut down the government. It is the Democrats that are using the fear of this to their advantage. You also don't understand the Constitution as well as you think you do. Congress has the power of the purse. It doesn't say what it does or does not have to pay for.

Answer 3

The Constitution quite clearly states that spending bills are to originate in the House. So, if the House originates a spending bill that does not include funding for ObamaCare, that is completely within their power to do.



It is then NOT the Republicans shutting down government - it would be the Democrats in the Senate by voting down the bill / amending it to re-instate the spending, or by Obama himself vetoing a bill without that funding who would be shutting down government.



All because of Obama's intransigence regarding negotiating with the House Republicans.



Knowledgeable people recognize that the party which is unwilling to negotiate is the one which is the problem, not the one who wants to negotiate.

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Sorry, but none of that spending is mantatory in the least. Social Security is a largesse conferred on the people by the government which can be ended at any time the government so chooses. Same with everything else. Nobody has a right to government money.



Can you cite the specific rulings or legislation which created this law?



Can you understand that I am not willing to take YOUR word for it?

Answer 4

The liberal media is creating problems that don't exist. Is the government going to shut down? No.



Liberals will do anything to bash people who they don't like. Much like they lied and called George Zimmerman white and racist, and Trayvon Martin a little boy who was a good student and on the honor roll, when in reality he was a marijuana using gang banger.

Answer 5

Since the President has stated he will not quit spending then the House has the duty to stop the spending. If that includes shutting down the government I am all for it. Stop printing money!!!

Answer 6

If you were paying attention you would know it is not the house trying to shut down the government it is the idiot in the White House!

Answer 7

Isn't Obama threatening to shut down the government if Obama Care isn't funded? Can't the same thing be said for the Democrats? Sauce for the goose.

Answer 8

It is really just Liberal media trying to blow up an issue that isn't really there, they want to defund Obamacare, and liberals think that means defunding the entire government. The Republicans want a 1 year delay on the healthcare bill, and if the Democrats can't even come to pass that, they then really aren't for the will of the people and deserve to lose their seats in congress.

Answer 9

To the idiots who are saying it will be the Democrat's fault:



That's like saying "I own the football, so, you can do what ever you want, but, I get to be the quarterback, and if you don't agree, then, it's all YOUR fault."



Only morons think that a gov't shutdown will be the fault of the Dems - but PLEASE keep on thinking that - The rest of the country understands it will be the GOP's fault, and your party, "The Stupid Party", as Bobby Jindal called you, will pay the price for it next year.

Answer 10

YES, since Obama is acting like an ahole, if people are so stupid they blame repubs and not him, they deserve all the pain and hunger they suffer.

Answer 11

Nice try. But we've all heard Obama say he would rather shut down the US government than compromise or negotiate. It's not the first time Obama has been willing to sacrifice the American people to his ego, and it probably won't be the last. He is truly a horrible human being.

Answer 12

It is ironic that republicans are trying to de-fund Obamacare after they have all taken federal money to implement in their individual States.

Answer 13

They aren't trying to shut down the government. They are trying to shut down ObamaCare.

Answer 14

yes and yes

Answer 15

Not really.