Barney Frank: If Republicans Amend The Senate Deal They’ll Kill It

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) told TPM that if House Republicans amend the Senate bill to include spending cuts they'll effectively kill the deal.

"If they do that'll kill the package," he said after a Democratic caucus meeting.

"I would not predict what these people will try to do because they are in thrall to extremists," Frank said. "But if they amend this I don't know how they think they -- an amendment basically says, our ideology is too rigid and we're not really trying to really (reach a deal)."

(snip)
"Look, the country deserves an up or down vote on the compromise bipartisan bill that passed the Senate," he told TPM. "What we're calling for is an up or down vote. Let democracy work its will. ... Let's just take this step by step." (Van Hollen)

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/barney-frank-if-republicans-amend-senate-deal-theyll


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Steve Israel ?@RepSteveIsrael
Last week House GOP left table & told Senate to get a deal. Now Senate did a deal & House GOP saying not good enuf. End the House GOP chaos

Steve Silberman ?@stevesilberman
Investigative reporter for Wired & other magazines
If it isn't obvious that House GOPers' sole priority is proving themselves incapable of governing a country, it should be.

Ezra Klein
Worth noting that Boehner's original Plan B also didn't include spending cuts, though he added some in later.

Taegan Goddard ?@politicalwire
Note to House GOPers looking to amend bill: Senate has left town and current Congress ends Thursday at noon.

Nicholas Kristof ?@NickKristof
Couldn't we switch our House of Representative with an average nursery school and get better outcomes?

Mea Culpa. I'd like to apologize to nursery school kids for comparing them to members of the House. Sorry!