President Obama’s staff was busy using the Head of State’s Twitter handle Friday to encourage Twitter users to demand compromise — using the #compromise Twitter hashtag and drawing criticism — from GOP lawmakers. Meanwhile, Republicans in the House were busy passing the revised Budget Control Act of 2011.
“About 24 hours after the first Republican proposal backed by Speaker John A. Boehner stalled, the House voted 218 to 210 to approve a plan that would increase the federal debt ceiling in two stages, with the second installment of $1.6 trillion contingent on Congressional approval of a Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget,” the New York Times is reporting. The proposal has since been tabled by the Senate.
Now, Republicans are taking to Twitter en masse to lobby back a similar social media compromise directive at the commander-in-chief, who’s now short more than 36,000 followers following his marathon of #compromise-related tweets.
The following is a sampling of their tweets:
House Speaker John Boehner
Rep. Cynthia Lummis
Congress Member Jason Chaffetz
Sen. Orrin Hatch
Rep. Pete Sessions
Sen. John Barrasso
Rep. Reid Ribble
Congress Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Majority Leader Eric Cantor
Sen. Rand Paul
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“About 24 hours after the first Republican proposal backed by Speaker John A. Boehner stalled, the House voted 218 to 210 to approve a plan that would increase the federal debt ceiling in two stages, with the second installment of $1.6 trillion contingent on Congressional approval of a Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget,” the New York Times is reporting. The proposal has since been tabled by the Senate.
Now, Republicans are taking to Twitter en masse to lobby back a similar social media compromise directive at the commander-in-chief, who’s now short more than 36,000 followers following his marathon of #compromise-related tweets.
The following is a sampling of their tweets:
House Speaker John Boehner
Rep. Cynthia Lummis
Congress Member Jason Chaffetz
Sen. Orrin Hatch
Rep. Pete Sessions
Sen. John Barrasso
Rep. Reid Ribble
Congress Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Majority Leader Eric Cantor
Sen. Rand Paul
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Posted on Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:45:23 +0000 at http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/KnETGE1mtL0/
Comments: http://mashable.com/2011/07/29/deb-plan-twitter-reactions/#comments
