Since when did “bi-partisan” and “compromise” became greater goods in and of themselves? Compromise to what end? Bi-partisan at whose expense?
To his everlasting shame, my Representative Jerrold Nadler folded and voted for the budget travesty—who gives a flying fig if it’s bipartisan?
It is bi-partisan, indeed, because Dems like Nadler keep playing defensive and enabling the extreme right-wing agenda of the current GOP.
Rep. Ellison did not vote for this bi-partisan boondoggle, and Ellison’s words bear repeating:
“The budget deal passed today is a compromise—it compromises the financial security of federal employees, the long-term unemployed and working families. It asks federal workers to pay more out of their paycheck to fund deficit reduction. It denies essential benefits to 1.3 million long-term unemployed Americans. It doesn’t close a single corporate tax loophole. It won’t create good jobs in Minnesota.
“This is a case where ‘compromise’ in Washington means asking Americans to sacrifice more. . . . “