Senator Elizabeth Warren and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi are absolutely right to push back against President Obama for supporting the Continuing Resolution and Omnibus (Cromnibus) bill that the Republicans are trying to pass at the last minute before they head out of town.  Minority Leader Pelosi has been there for President Obama time-and-again in the past when he sought her support.  This time, however, she said that she is disappointed in the White House.

I, too, have always been a strong supporter of President Obama and I remain as such but I agree with Senator Warren and Minority Leader Pelosi that this so called Cromnibus should not pass with the help of the Democrats because it once again throws average Americans under the bus while putting big banks back in a position to take advantage of taxpayers and, potentially, put America at risk again of the need to bail them out just like in 2008.  In the meantime, they will make a lot of money.  I hope that it does not pass at all but if it does, let it be with the sole support of House Republicans.

The Republicans have not been sincere in working with the president via compromise or any other reasonable method since he was first elected so why are they so suddenly interested in doing so now?  They are not.  They are employing the old sleight of hand trick that magicians use.

They are skillfully directing our attention to the meaningless hand while they are just as skillfully manipulating the system with the other.  And when all of the voting is completed something will pop out of the hat…, I mean system as a result of all of the caucusing, meetings, and whip sessions; but I am afraid that it will be something that most Americans won’t like.  Not to worry though, the big banks and Wall Street will love it.  Hold on…  Update!  Cromnibus passed the House with the help of 57 Democrats.

I started this article before the House members gathered for a final vote.  You now know what the outcome of that vote was.  During a test vote earlier during the day, only 2 Democrats supported the bill.  But if what Representative Maxine Waters said during an interview on MSNBC is correct politics indeed make strange bedfellows.  Representative Waters said she was told that both President Obama and Jamie Dimon – chairman, president and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, were lobbing House members before the vote was taken to vote ‘yes.’

The Senate still has to approve the bill before it goes to the President for his signature.  The House vote, which split 219 to 206 to pass Cromnibus, was close despite lobbying by the White House and other supporters because Senator Elizabeth Warren came out against it and lobbied House members to vote ‘no.’

Although President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell support the bill, since Senator Warren opposes it, it will be interesting to see how things flesh-out over the next day or two.  Another ingredient that should help to make things even more interesting is Senator Ted Cruz.  Showtime!  Or, maybe not.

Eulus Dennis