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Why are the Dems so terrified of a GOP filibuster?
I keep reading articals that say the Dems can't do anything (pass health-care reform, get judges confirmed, Etc.) because the GOP senate leadership keeps threatening to filibuster. Why not just call their bluff and let them? Pass anything that really needs passing for the next 6 months right now, then start reworking all the bills so that they ...
Posted to Prescriptions by chrisddickey@gmail.com on October 29, 2009
Republican filibuster of Renewable Energy bill
43 Republicans (44 if you add McCain, who did not vote) voted against cloture for HR 6049, the Renewable Energy and Jobs Creation bill. 4 of them (Stevens/AK, Sununu/NH, Dole/NC, and Wicker/MS) are in tough fights this fall to keep their seats. This bill is just what America needs, but Democrats are paying for it by closing a tax loophole that ...
Posted to Fixing It by rorickb on June 29, 2008