The House finally passed a two year budget that will prevent a government shut down that some republicans wanted. The vote was 266-167. Although the republicans control the House the minority democratic vote carried the day as all democrats voted for the measure. It was opposed by 167 republicans. House speaker John Boehner can go out now on a positive note.
Once again "PolitiDose" was on target in a previous commentary in pointing out that meaningful legislation could have been passed by Boehner and the House with the democratic vote if Boehner would not have caved in to the tea party's extreme right wing attitude. They could have passed immigration reform and the highway bill to repair the nations infrastructure that was passed by the democratic controlled Senate. Those two bills were passed over two years ago by the Senate.
The U.S. Senate also passed the two year budget and the President will sign it into law. Finally, the issue will be off the table and the people will have an opportunity to see how the U.S. House acts in the future under the new speaker Paul Ryan. Time will tell. Although Boehner's last act in the House was a personal triumph for himself he let the country and its people down most of his time as speaker of the House. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
