Lawrence O’Donnell’s Bleak Prediction For Obama Jobs Bill: ‘Virtually Impossible To Hold Together’

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by Frances Martel | 9:27 pm, September 13th, 2011

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Lawrence O’Donnell doesn’t have very high hopes for the American Jobs Act, the bill that President Barack Obama so passionately stumped for in front of a joint session of Congress last week. It isn’t entirely that he doesn’t believe in the bill, but that his understanding of parliamentary procedure makes clear to him that “it is entirely in the powers of the Congress to rip this bill apart,” and given the bill must necessarily originate in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Congress’ output will look nothing like what the President initially proposed.

Noting that “pass this bill” has become something of a slogan for the Obama camp, O’Donnell argued that the reality will look something more like “pass only part of this bill,” or “pass whatever is left of this bill.” O’Donnell noted that the Republicans have been somewhat silent in Congress over the bill– attributing it to fledgling approval ratings– but noted their response was likely to be something to the effect of “obviously we will rip this bill apart and only pass the tax cut parts that we like, and we won’t pass any of the tax revenue increases, and we sure don’t feel like passing any of the new spending increases.”

This, to O’Donnell, didn’t make the Republicans sinister or terrible, as it was constitutionally permitted and encouraged. “It is entirely in the powers of the Congress to rip this bill apart,” he noted. “The procedural rules of both the House and Senate make it virtually impossible to hold this bill together.” This was particularly important when noting that some argued that the Senate would hold the bill together, as they wouldn’t be allowed to touch it until the House was done with it. “Congressional Republicans know what the White House now knows,” O’Donnell concluded. “The bill must originate in the House of Representatives, it has to originate there, because it is a constitutional rule… that all tax bills, all revenue bills, must originate in the House of Representatives.”

The segment via MSNBC below:

American Jobs Act, barack obama, Congress, Democrats, jobs bill, Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell, msnbc, Republicans

Norbit

Maybe that’s because…BENN THERE, DONE THAT!

All we got was 2.4 Million LESS Jobs!

IT’S THE POLICIES – STUPID!!!
Anonymous

Lawrence tells it like it is.
Anonymous

Even with a majority of the public behind Obama and the Dems they will still cave, as usual. Amazing
Anonymous

The plutos and baggers can’t do anything against their sacred cow. http://www.nndb.com/people/482/000049335/
Anonymous

are you related to Darla? What percentage might that be? Seriously, you are delusional.
Anonymous

Even Crazy Larry knows that this is a campaign tactic .

Obama is desperate , frantic and one sick puppy .
Anonymous

“Bleak prediction”? Sounds more like good news. Obama’s bogus “jobs bill” shouldn’t hold together. It should be cast into outer darkness.
Guest

Ah, I see we’ve got “less” and “more” confused.
Nancillarypeloslinton

Gotta’ hand it to Barack (I’m not really the President but I play one on TV) Obummer. His total conviction and beliefs in his own bullshit, no matter how much they differ from reality, are quite moving as most Americans nowadays feel a bowel movement coming on whenever they hear him.
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Anonymous

Slim chance that anything past the periods that end each sentence in that bill gets passed.
Obama knows that as well as the rest of the world. There are a few dunderheads that will hold out hope and fight reality until the very end. The Darla’s and Natureboys of the world still believe.
That bill is DOA. I just hope the adults can get something put together in the House that the Senate will sign off on. Obama will pretty much do as he is told when it gets right down to it. We just need to get the Senate on board.
Anonymous

Aeeahkhk, I think you’ve created more jobs than President Obama!
Norbit

No, when he took office there were 2.4 million more jobs than there are NOW!

Crony-Capitalism – Ideological Fixation…what-have-you!
Anonymous

Notice that Democrats have stopped using the term “stimulus” to describe their deficit-building Keynesian experiments.
Anonymous

May be another joint session? Better yet, let’s do a weekly joint session.. let’s just make the weekly radio address be a joint session where the president can get to hone in his speech delivery skills and beat to the ground what we all know, the GOP is out to sabotage him

Look, it takes alot to get liberals and young people, supposedly his ’08 base, excited and to get them to turn out. And it is virtually impossible to get them excited again about a candidate they lost excitement
about. Swing voters don’t follow the daily politics ins and outs aspect of anything and will judge the president on results. Ditto independents who do follow politics and are informed but are pragmatic and want results

So the republicans can do virtually anything at this point including sabotaging the recovery and default the US, this time around, on its debt obligations and their candidate will be elected
Anonymous

Now you can report them to AttackWatch.

Yes, instead of replying to us, you can now report us to the Federal Government! That’s not creepy or anything…

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/join-attack-wire-today
Ajolily

Obama never expected it to go anywhere its just a campaign stunt and cover to use tax payer money to campaign on.
Anonymous

O` Donnel knows politics.

Just wondering why he seems to emphasize a certain lack of realism on Obama´s part. The President but a clear proposal on the table. The Cons can do anything they want with it. The choice they have to make is clearly presented to the public. If the Cons don´t want to build bridges and roads and people elect them in 2012 despite or because of it, I say let the majority have a screwed up country and watch this country regress
.

Just don´t whine afterwards.
Anonymous

Obungle’s pathetic attempt at statesmanship is so amateurish even the Crazy Larry’s of his party have thrown in the towel and succumbed to the realization that the Republicans now run things in Washington. So to all the Democrats out there…(as Ofumbles likes to say) SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!
Jp7077

he seems to be “seeing the light”………..even L O’D sees now that the President has no idea how our Gov’t works………More “passionate” words from Obama……more empty rhetoric…..no one’s buying Obama’s bull anymore…….not even at MSNBC. Obama’s TOAST…there is NO WAY this guy can be re-elected.
Anonymous

Obama had the opportunity of a lifetime to present a plan that would show he was serious about putting people back to work with a bill that had a fair chance of passing. Instead we got the “more of the same” plan with a little added tinkering.
The jobs speech and his bill were a second chance to put his ideology and partisanship aside for the good of the country and rescue his Presidency along with his legacy. He had a do-over and he squandered it.
How would you like to be Lawrence O’Donnell with the duty of defending Obama?
Ajolily

The bill includes nothing new. Even the so called non-partisan parts are those parts which have so far failed. No amount of stimulus, tax cuts or tax increases will help this economy. Neither will drastic budget cuts. What we need is an overhaul and simplification of all regulations and codes plus opening up our own resources to being used such as the oil fields. Thus relieving the overburdened business environment. Only making it posible for business to make a profit will help and we must do it without allowing business to enslave us anymore so than we should be allowing big government to enslave us.
Anonymous

Best Drudge headline ever!

http://www.drudgereport.com

Revenge of the Jews; Dem seat turns in NY

Obama has been rebuked, his socialism rebuked, his hatred of Israel, rebuked. Suck it O’Donnell.
Anonymous

Lawrence O’Dumbbell.

Proof that that sphere in his head is not a brain, but a really awful tumor.
Anonymous

Remember the mantra when e-mailing Boehner, or Cantor, or anyone else in the US House:

Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now. Stop the jobs bill now.

Do you hear us now?
TruDat

Crazy Larry O’Donnell thinks of himself as some sort of legislative historian/genius. He predicted for weeks and weeks that Obama was the great thinker and had the Republicans cornered with the debt ceiling issue; that Obama would ultimately get what he wanted, i.e., a clean vote on the debt ceiling. So much for Crazy Larry being a genius.
TruDat

Democrats always change their terminology when their lies don’t work. Liberals = Progessives; Global Warming = Climate Change; Stimulus = Job Bill; Taxes = Revenue Enhancer; Ron Reagan = Rachel Maddow . . .
Anonymous

don’t count on it.
Anonymous

cool thanks.
Yukon Jack

No, WRONG!!! Nobody talks like O’Donnell.

One word, –grunt— second word ===grunt=== another word … grunt… another word /// grunt ///

You know what I mean.

And if style was sick and stupid, it shines compared to substance.
Anonymous

Probably right but he’s as sharp as a knife on politics whether you like him or not.
Anonymous

We’ll see. Alot can happen between now and election time. If Perry gets the nomination and with all the skeletons in his closet I doubt it would even be close.