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That is what
US Person calls the
extreme faction in the House holding the federal government hostage to its ideological goals. One of the poison pills Speaker Boehner wants the Current Occupant to swallow, besides defunding the new healthcare legislation now undergoing implementation after a review by the Supreme Court for constitutionality and becoming an issue in Obama's reelection, is approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project, a controversial environmental disaster waiting to happen. Most rational Americans want a deal soon because the shutdown hurts the most vulnerable in society, but as long as the
creepy "tea party's" demands are
reckless and even contrary to law, the shutdown will go on. The last one in 1995 engineered by then Speaker Newt Gingrich
lasted a month and involved a similar budget dispute. This time there is a double-whammy involved, the United States' credit limit will be reached on October 17th.
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