Breaking: Deal Reached, Gov’t Shutdown Averted, Details TBA
Posted: April 8, 2011 Filed under: just because 39 CommentsAccording to Dana Bash on Anderson Cooper’s show, a deal has been reached to fund the government for the rest of the year. As I find out more, I’ll add to this post. Please post anything you’re hearing in the comments.
David Gergen is saying the Republicans got $40 billion in cuts. Unbelievable! They were 1-1/2 hour from the deadline.
MSNBC First Read: Budget negotiators think they have a deal.. now what?
Press conference, Boehner talking now. A continuing resolution until the deal is hammered out. No details, but Boehner is happy and celebrating.
Defunding Title 10 women’s health provisions (Planned Parenthood) will not be in the deal. Dana Bash says there will be a separate vote on that, but it is not expected to pass.
Now Obama is talking. Ugh… Why can’t he see a speech therapist to get rid of those whistling s’s?
He’s saying the cuts will be painful, but we have to learn to live within our means. Aaarrrrrrghhhh!
Additional updates in comments.
peej
Carissa
ecocatwoman
grayslady
mablue2
NW Luna
peggysue22
skydancingguestblogger
Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)
Sky Dancing 
are you sure its a deal or that there just talking about what they think might happend
Turn on your TV and judge for yourself. Boehner just said there’s a deal.
I don’t like the sound of “Boehner is happy and celebrating.”
No. I don’t like the sound of $40 billion in cuts either. Next up, the fight over raising the debt ceiling.
Obama is spouting major bullshit about schoolchildren who will now be able to take their school trip because he brokered a deal (actually gave away the store).
Obama’s motto is it’s never too early for generational warfare. Charming.
Why does he always tell goofy stories like this? Can’t he just day I waited too long to get involved like usual so then we had to cave before it was too late to really accomplish any thing?
David Gergen is once again saying the WH needed to “tackle entitilements.”
Yes, of course the poor and the elderly must suffer so that the rich can avoid paying taxes. That makes sooooo much sense.
and so the rich can have a nice environment in which to live, that makes sooo much sense too.
Now Harry Reid is talking. He just said they will cut $78 billion from this year’s budget.
Did I hear that right? Am I hallucinating?
I guess it’s 38 billion. I hope I did hear wrong.
AC just said its far from a done deal yet
boogieman,
I don’t know what you’re talking about. The continuing resolution just passed the Senate. Obama, Boehner, and Harry Reid all announced the deal at a press conference. Believe what you want. I’m don’t have the energy to argue with you. I’m just reporting what I hear.
Boehner just made a threatening-sounding comment about raising the debt ceiling. I think we can expect women’s rights and women’s health to be on the table again for that one.
Let’s hope Obama doesn’t buy into Ryan’s plan to end Medicare.
OK, I figured it out. They have cut 79 billion from Obama’s original budget. I’m getting this from MSNBC. It’s 39 billion from the latest version.
Planned Parenthood funding will get an up or down vote in the Senate. There will also be an up or down vote on repealing Obamacare.
Have you heard if any Title x was cut?
No, as I said above, they are going to have a separate vote on it. It won’t pass the Senate.
There will be an up or down vote next week on the Ryan plan?! According to MSNBC. We are so f’d.
ok im lockinging AC360 and one of these talking heads just say BO’s speach should be studied for years to come . ohhhh god here we go again
From CNN
Democrats, Republicans agree on a budget deal – CNN.com
No mention of women getting their health care huh?
It was mentioned. I listened to all the speeches.
Keep in mind that the only demographic that still supports Dems is white educated women. They will fight in the Senate for that reason–they don’t want to lose their jobs.
Ezra Klein is saying that Obama and Reid celebrating this is embarrassing, disgraceful. Taking this much money out of the economy is dangerous, and it’s probably going to end up really hurting Obama’s chances for re-election.
Eh. Can’t stand that little putz.
The tea party people are going nuts. They are going after everyone including Bachman and DeMint. They are leaving messages to congess calling them babykillers and you have blood on your hands. They are in meltdown mode.
good let them melt down. in getting sick of these wingnut tea party pricks
Hee, Hee out the door Boehner…………
That’s fine with me….
I heard the Tea Party considers this a sellout by Boehner. They’re threatening [collective tweeting] to primary him next year.
But this is going to start all over again next week when they fight over the budget details for the rest of the year.
Fun times ahead!
No Government Shutdown: Officials Reach Deadline Deal to Cut Billions, Keep Planned Parenthood Funding Intact – ABC News
From the link:
Yup, WTF is right…
It is funny to witness the meltdown. They are saying this deal just killed Paul Ryan’s budget plan,they really wanted the 60 billion dollar cuts.
That’s not true. Ryan’s plan will still be pushed.
Nancy Pelosi and Anthony Weiner are NOT happy with Obama.
Sorry, I don’t believe Nancy, she did everything in her power to get him elected. Sorry, but she even said ‘God’ sent him…
Per the Washington Post:
“The spending deal agreed to Friday night to avert a government shutdown includes a provision banning the District from spending its own funds to provide abortions to low-income women as well as funding to continue a controversial school voucher program, according to Democratic and Republican sources familiar with the agreement.
The inclusion of the abortion policy “rider” represents a victory for Republicans, who previously imposed such a ban when they controlled Congress and who included the provision in the version of the continuing resolution passed by the House in February. And it marks a sharp defeat for D.C. leaders, who fought to keep the ban out of a deal.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com …
That figures.
BTW, they are really ripping Obama up, down, and sideways on MSNBC.
Here is what Suzie has to say: Suburban Guerrilla » Blog Archive » He not only folds, he brags about it
I agree with you,bostonboomer. That is what is going on in crazy land. Now they love Bachmann because she will vote against this deal now. Boehner is so finished as speaker.
Good morning all!! I’ve been ghost for the past week because of a virus on my computer and serious cutbacks at work. I feel like I’ve missed an entire year of news and I’m still catching up. It’s nice to finally see MSNBC telling the truth about their messiah. I never really felt there would be a shutdown because the Accomodator-in-Chief wants to stay in office. I guess he thinks this is the best way. I’m hearing alot of frustration from his sicophants now more than ever. Maybe this country is waking out of its slumber.
Hillary 2012
From political wire:
Obama has simply cemented the view that he’s not in charge, and always late at dealing with serious issues.
Good thing we didn’t have these visionless corporate drones during either the inception of this country or during World War 2. If we’d have lived within our means during the first, we’d all be British now and during the second, we’d all be NAZIs now.