The Team of Boner, McConnel & Reid

Greetings from the  Firm of Boner, McConnell & Reid

“ The House ostensibly would agree to this new bill by "unanimous consent," meaning House Republican leadership would have pre-cleared this with all members. Failing to get unanimous consent would doom it. The tradeoff from Democrats in the Senate: Majority Leader Harry Reid would appoint conferees so they could have a genuine conference committee between the House and Senate to negotiate differences. [Ho Ho Ho (That's three Hos)] So, in return for giving Senate Democrats what they wanted, the Democrat Senate Majority get to appoint negotiators who will engineer a deal to last the full year.  Or am I rum groggy?  This looks like an instant replay of  August's Debt Ceiling I, where Republicans caved  and raised the debt limit to some point in a  distant galaxy.  Remember? In return for giving Democrats what they demanded, a "Commission" dominated by the freakiest Democrat senators would rule on future spending.  The absence of a compromise agreement (duh) would trigger $1.2 trillion in spending cuts spread over 10 years, split equally between defense and spending.Democrats don't care about.  Remember?  Come on Mayan calender!  Please be quicker than this slow death, ”