As Vote Nears – Senator Coons Expresses Dems Concerns
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) on his way into the Senate early this afternoon. Coons said Senate Democrats were concerned about not being involved in the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling.
Coons said there are “a lot of rumors” but “nothing confirmed” about the path forward on a debt deal.
He should be concerned. Reid has given away everything. Per MoveOn
“The reason Republicans want a ‘Super Congress,’ especially one that triggers automatic cuts if it fails to reach agreement, is because it would let them slash Medicare and other vital services with no accountability,” he said. “It is extremely troubling that it now appears that some Democrats are willing to give in to Republican demands to make this already disastrous plan worse for working families.”
Negotiating for cuts in Social Security and Medicare is like negotiating for cutbacks in the Civil Rights Act. It should be political poison for any Democrat. Yet here we are.
Senator Coons, please let your vote reflect your concerns.
Any Dem that would support this sell out deal should resign
Coons supports the deal. First the tax cuts for the rich, and now this.
I just heard him in a brief phone call to local CBS TV saying something like “We’ve been debating this for months and it’s time to move on to other things like jobs…
Is that it Senator? You’re bored and annoyed with the debate, so you are just going to vote Yes to get it over with? Come on. The commission threatens Medicare and has no revenues. It doesn’t meet any basic Dem criteria.
If Coons supports this deal, Republicans will owe him an apology for calling him a bearded Marxist. Everyone was so focused on the Marxist comment in Coons’s essay, they forgot about this part: