Former John Locke Foundation Headliner John Gizzi documents for Human Events readers the Obama administration’s shifting position on congressional votes that are doomed to failure:
After repeated condemnation during the debt-ceiling debate of Congress taking votes on matters that are “political statements” and have no chance of passage, the White House developed a new spin yesterday on such votes—at least where the President’s much-sought-after jobs bill is concerned.
At the briefing for White House reporters Wednesday afternoon, Press Secretary Jay Carney said that while the administration is still opposed to votes on measures with no chance of passage—and he referred without name to the alternative budget offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as an example—it nevertheless wanted Congress to vote on measures such as the Obama jobs legislation—which, its nonexistent chance of passage notwithstanding, has popular support in public opinion polls.
