Politics as usual

[beeker]

I won't go into the myriad of ways to spin this, from both perspectives.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/155509-hoyer-joins-obama-in-calling-past-vote-on-debt-ceiling-a-mistake

[redcap]

So, they vote for the party NOT for the country.

Business (politics) as usual.

[beeker]

I found this little collection:

After the 2006 election when Democrats won control of Congress:
 Pelosi: “The American people have spoken.”
 
During the 4 day "Nancy Fest", Pelosi's self designed celebration of her being elected to the Speaker of the House position, Pelosi stated to the ladies at a tea party:
 Pelosi: "All right, let's hear it for the power."
 
Stated during a 2011 speech at Tufts University:
 Pelosi: "But the fact is that elections shouldn't matter as much as they do...But when it comes to a place where there doesn't seem to be shared values then that can be problematic for the country, as I think you can see right now."

[Wiener]

I wonder if we can request that they all just shoot themselves in the head and save us money that way?  It would be a quick fix to an ongoing problem.