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Gene Wilder has a message for the GOP and especially for the Cruzans: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 OP
If it only were that way. They got a sequester-level budget, PeaceNikki Oct 2013 #1
but they had that before the shutdown. Heather MC Oct 2013 #3
I like this one trumad Oct 2013 #2

PeaceNikki

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1. If it only were that way. They got a sequester-level budget,
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 07:45 AM
Oct 2013

without necessary infrastructure investments, bare of anything that would be likely to provide much needed momentum for the economy (and lots of cuts that will hurt people). We essentially got the Ryan budget.

They did not get any of their fantasy requests, but on the budget itself they got an almost complete victory.
Anyhow, glad to see that the Democrats called their bluff.

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