You, who would risk our financial five star rating in these troubled economic times, have not fooled us. Ann Marie Buerkle, you are shameless to rationalize your actions of last week. "Compromise" would be what you had done if you had voted for the final bill (with only hours to spare).
We have known for months the debt ceiling needed to be raised. Congress had ample time to come together, negotiate and avert a crisis. Yet the process failed as a consequence of the Senate’s unwillingness to lead or respond to measures taken by the House. For more than 820 days, the Senate has failed to fulfill its legal obligations to put forth a sensible budget in deference to the people it serves. [Buerkle, syracuse.com letters, 8/7/11]
The only thing that needed to be voted on, as it has been many times before, was the debt ceiling. Don't blame this debacle on the Senate. That is dishonest in the extreme. You and your Republican and tea comrades would only consider bills that included reducing the debt with deliberate take-no-prisoners tenacity.
The frustration of the American people is palpable. I hear from my constituents that they want the partisan bickering to stop and for Congress and the administration to act responsibly. They want officials to demonstrate true leadership that will address our nation’s problems without creating more problems. [Buerkle, same source ]
True, and they are talking about you.
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