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BEING PREPARED IN THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.
WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
HOUSE REPUBLICANS DECIDED TO
SABOTAGE OR AT LEAST DELAY WHAT
WAS HAPPENING THERE BUT ARE
HOPEFUL THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND
THAT IF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE
HOUSE WANT TO PUT UP A BILL,
THEY SHOULD DO IT SOON BUT THEY
HAVE TO KNOW IF IT IS AS IT HAS
BEEN DESCRIBED, THAT THEY'LL
HAVE TO DO THAT WITH 100%
REPUBLICAN VOTES.
WE STAND READY, OUR MEMBERS HAVE
SIGNED LETTERS, PETITIONS TO
OPEN GOVERNMENT, THAT WE ARE
THERE FOR A CLEAN PETITION TO
OPEN GOVERNMENT, A CLEAN
LEGISLATION TO OPEN GOVERNMENT,
CLEAN LEGISLATION TO LIFT THE
DEBT CEILING THAT WILL TAKE US
ON A PATH TO THE BUDGET TABLE
WHEN ANY AND ALL ISSUES CAN BE
DISCUSSED.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
I'M OPTIMISTIC.
I BELIEVE BECAUSE THIS TACT OF
NOT LIFTING THE DEBT CEILING ON
TOP OF SHUTTING DOWN -- ALONE,
ACTUALLY, NOT LIFTING THE DEBT
CEILING IS SO CATASTROPHIC THAT
THERE WILL BE THOSE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO WILL SEE
THE LIGHT.
WE STAND READY TO SUPPLY THE