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Boehner Remarks at Media Avail With Republican Whip Eric Cantor Washington (Nov 3)
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) made the following remarks during a media spray held prior to a meeting with House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA):
“We're humbled by the trust that the American people have placed in us. As I said last night, our job is to listen to the American people and follow the will of the American people. It's pretty clear the American people want us to do something about cutting spending here in Washington and helping to create an environment where we get jobs back in our country. We’ve got a big job ahead of us. That's why you will see us roll up our sleeves and go to work today.”
Cantor Remarks at Media Avail with Leader Boehner
Washington, D.C. – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) made the following remarks during a media spray held prior to a meeting with House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH):
"The results last night, I think, indicate that the American people are tired and frustrated with Washington. It is very clear they want a government that listens to them. And frankly, whether you're Republican, Democrat or Independent the people of this country want to see results.
"The first order of business has got to be create jobs, and when the American people spoke last night they’ve said that the Obama Administration’s agenda over the last twenty months has failed. They’ve rejected that approach, and they want to see us return to a sense of limited government. And that means, as the Leader just said, cut spending and get us back to an era in which we can promote opportunity, people ready to step up and accept responsibility, so we can promote and reward success."
TEXT CREDIT: House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) H-204 The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 P (202) 225-4000 F (202) 225-5117 and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor
VIDEO CREDIT: C-SPAN and EricCantor
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Republicans preparing to get Obama re-elected.
The elections are over. Republicans are celebrating, Democrats are thinking that it could have been worse. Tea party is asking itself what to do now. President is posturing for conciliation.
The people have spoken. They don't want the changes that were made in the last two years. It was clearly business as usual. Bills being jammed through, pork being added, more money being spent. The people want this changed more than anything. They want smart decisions, streamlined bills, no pork. Bills that are actually read by the members of Congress. Bills that haven't had riders thrown in that are totally irrelevant to the basic bill.
Having heard this, what is it that the Republican Party is preparing to do? A return to business as usual. They're planning to elect a Speaker of the House that has been part of the business-as-usual system for 20 years. He has experience in bills with pork. He's added pork to bills. He's watched the party in power ram through their agenda. He's been a "rammer." Business as usual. He's organized this fellow republicans to vote as a block - to vote against bills. That's what minority parties do. Business as usual.
The people have spoken. They don't want business as usual.
What the Republican party needs to do is elect a Speaker that will drive the change that the people have mandated. Elect someone that will lead committees to streamline bills. Someone that will have the backbone to not allow bills to come to a vote if they have extraneous pork. Someone that will rally the troops to vote down riders that have nothing to do with the bill being debated. Whoa! What if they could elect someone that could actually effect true compromise that makes the important issues mono-political. Maybe someone that would even be forward looking enough to create a law allowing some kind of "partial veto" for non-relevant bill riders (and pork).
But, it's probably too hard for the Party to find such a Speaker. Too hard to follow the mandate just given. So, it's business as usual. And in 2012, the people will say that the Republicans didn't listen to us. They were the party of status quo.
They'll think, "maybe we should elect more Democrats. They'll give us the change we want…."
David Jackson
303-881-4685
Denver Colorado
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