The nearby vote on the "debt ceiling" can we stop the runaway "spent money" by denying to INCREASE the debt ceiling?

[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

I heard a liberal pundit ask if the new congress would let the country fail by NOT voting to increase the "debt ceiling".
In my opnion, not only would the country NOT fail but it would flourish if even SOME of the legislation passed by the outlaw congress were stopped by NO FUNDS.

Boehner Wants to Shelve Healthcare 'Monstrosity'

Wednesday, 03 Nov 2010 09:41 AM

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House Republican Leader John Boehner is claiming a voter mandate to roll back the Obama administration's health care overhaul, calling it a
"monstrosity."

The presumptive next speaker of the House told reporters Wednesday morning the Republican takeover of the House and its success in narrowing the Democratic Senate majority was proof that "the
Obama-Pelosi agenda" was rejected by the American people.

The Ohio Republican is in line to succeed Pelosi, a California Democrat who became the first woman speaker of the House four years ago. Posing for pictures with GOP Whip Eric Cantor, Boehner said, "The
American people were concerned about the government takeover of health
care." He added, "I think it's important for us to lay the groundwork
before we begin to repeal this monstrosity."

Rand Paul: We're Taking Our Government Back

Wednesday, 03 Nov 2010 09:59 AM

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky voters made Rand Paul their next senator
Tuesday in a convincing display of tea party strength that defied
Democratic hopes and early Republican fears that his ultraconservative
views made him unelectable.

The eye doctor and son of libertarian-leaning GOP Rep. Ron Paul of
Texas ran against President Barack Obama about as much as he did
against his Democratic opponent, Jack Conway. Paul's condemnation of
budget deficits, the economic stimulus and the health care overhaul
resonated among voters even as Conway tried to portray him as too
extreme and out of touch on such issues as taxes, entitlements and drug
prevention.

A triumphant Paul promised to take his agenda of limited government and balanced budgets to the Senate.

"I have a message from the people of Kentucky, a message that is loud
and clear and does not mince words: We've come to take our government
back," Paul told hundreds of cheering supporters in his hometown of
Bowling Green. It was the same message he delivered the night he won
the primary thanks to tea party support."
"The American people want to know why we have to balance our budget and they don't," he said.

Conway conceded and wished Paul well "as he tries to do right by our state."
"I told him that, if he finds issues we can work on together, this Democrat is at his disposal," Conway said.

Paul’s victory kept the seat on the GOP side of the aisle, as he will replace Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, who is retiring.

The videotaped fracas of a Paul supporter stepping on a liberal
activist a week before the election appeared to have little effect. So
did a bizarre anonymous claim from Paul's college days involving an
alleged abduction and alleged something called "Aqua Buddha." That
allegation might ultimately have hurt Conway because he used it as the
basis for an attack ad that raised questions about Paul's religious
beliefs.

Paul, 47, was an early tea party enthusiast who trounced the GOP
establishment's pick, Trey Grayson, in the primary. Senate GOP leader
Mitch McConnell and others feared Paul's brand of conservatism might
make him unelectable in the fall, but they quickly embraced him.

McConnell eagerly welcomed Paul as his new colleague, and praised the
newcomer for his message of "reining in outrageous Washington spending
and the overreaching policies of the Obama administration."

Paul suffered a post-primary stumble when he expressed misgivings about
how the Civil Rights Act bans racial discrimination by private
businesses. He later said he abhors discrimination and would have voted
for the 1964 law. He also drew criticism for decrying Obama's harsh
rhetoric against BP over the Gulf oil spill as "really un-American."

As the campaign continued, however, Paul focused more closely on his
key message of smaller government with a mix of bluntness and finesse.
He talked about possible future changes to Social Security and Medicare
as growing numbers of baby boomers retire, but opposed changes for
current recipients. He said he would propose balancing the budget in a
single year without raising taxes, which would require cutting the
federal budget by more than a third, but he was short on specifics.

Paul also called for repealing the health care overhaul and denounced
Obama's cap-and-trade environmental legislation as harmful to Kentucky
coal.