As the clock ticks down, Democrats and Republicans are still at an impasse over the budget and the debt ceiling, with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) suffering yet another humiliating setback at the hands of his own party.
But you can't fault Boehner for not trying hard enough on Twitter.
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Whether Republicans are actually passing these messages around on Twitter or Facebook is another question. But the sheer accumulation of the phrases over the past year does offer a nice visual timeline of the conservative side of the budget story.
And so we give you the GOP's #budgetmessages:
December 13, 2012 | #SpendingIsTheProblem
January 22, 2013 | #NoBudgetNoPay
February 5, 2013 | #RequireAPlan
February 13, 2013 | #Obamaquester
March 5, 2013 | #CutWaste
April 10, 2013 | #BalancedBudget
May 15. 2013 | #4Jobs
May 16, 2013 | @TheRedTapeTower
July 8, 2013 | #DontDoubleMyRate
August 2, 2013 | #StopGovtAbuse
October 1, 2013 | #SenateMustAct
October 8, 2013 | #LetsTalk
October 10, 2013 | #Time4Solutions
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