[dante]

The possibility that you might *actually* get what you want?

Panic ensued. In the House, legislation passes by a simple majority of members voting. The Dems took themselves out of the equation, leaving Republicans to decide whether the House should adopt the more-conservative RSC budget instead of the one authored by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. As Dems flipped to present, Republicans realized that a majority of their members had indeed gone on the record in support of the RSC plan -- and if the vote closed, it would pass. That would be a slap in the face to Ryan, and a politically toxic outcome for the Republican party.

So they started flipping their votes from "yes" to "no."

 

[Silver]

I actually support the Ryan plan. Let those old assholes who vote against everything that isn't violently reactionary buy health insurance.

Sure, there will be lots of collateral damage-but I'm an American (almost) by osmosis now. Like I give a fvck...

 

[eaterofdog]

 

[Pesqueeb]

Where I come from thats called calling someones bluff.