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   pirate227 said, 8 months ago

   So, this is what the GOP means by “Support the troops”…
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   disgustedtaxpayer said, 8 months ago

   do cartoonists take an oath to be unfair?
   1. The Democrats rule the senate and set session times and set daily schedules of what business to work on.
   2.it is the Reid Democrats that have deep-sixed piles of GOP House passed bills, and a decision on what is the right thing to do on the writing of any bill is what both D and R partys are at a great divide and impasse, preventing agreement and passage. If we all knew what exactly is in the bills, this might be a blessing in disguise. “No man is safe when Congress is in session”….
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   ARodney said, 8 months ago

   Disgusted, you need to learn the facts before embarrassing yourself. There was plenty of time to pass the bill. It was a completely bipartisan bill, ALL of the GOP suggestions were included in the hopes of getting it passed. The cowards in the GOP were scared that Obama MIGHT look good signing it, so they UNILATERALLY BLOCKED THE VOTE. 40 Republicans against bringing it to a vote counts as a majority in the senate, because it’s only supposed to be used in true emergencies. There is NOTHING that the Democrats can do against lock-step opposition to helping our troops. If you’re a vet, or even if you just respect vets, remember this disgusting insult when you vote this year.
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   Molon Labe said, 8 months ago

   1179 days since the last budget was passed by the democrat controlled senate. April 29, 2009. Since then the democrats who control the senate and set the adgenda have blocked every proposal sent to them for a budget by the house of representatives.

   It is time to vote the miserable bastards out of office.
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   Michael wme said, 8 months ago

   @ARodney

   Once, the Senate followed Robert’s Rules, 67 votes required to call the question. But, if a senator who looked like Jimmy Stewart wanted to filibuster, etiquette meant the Senate let him talk until he could talk no longer, then voted.

   
   Then they changed the rules, so only 60 are needed to call the question, but 41 can say the word ‘filibuster’ and that kills the bill: senators no longer need to exhaust themselves talking to filibuster, they just need to say the word once.

   
   Obama has never had 60 votes to kill a filibuster. First, they wouldn’t seat Al Franken. Then Kennedy was too sick to vote. Then Kennedy was replaced with a Tea Party Republican.

   
   And maybe that’s for the best. Or maybe not. But them’s the rules.
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   lifebyc said, 8 months ago

   @disgustedtaxpayer

   Another post completely out of touch with reality. ARodney dismantles you nicely, no need to repeat. Please tell me you don’t live in a swing state.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 8 months ago

   @disgustedtaxpayer

   1)Republicans own the House and work only one week out of two.
   2)Most of the bills were for anti abortion crap. Others were just to fill time.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 8 months ago

   Let me correct myself, the Republicans work one week out of three. The have one person come in and gavel in and out but they do not business. All of 2011 NO Business was done! That is very wrong.
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   Justice22 said, 8 months ago

   To the Republicans in the House, a bill calling for elimination of taxes on anyone making over a $million is a “job creation” bill.
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    mdavis4183 said, 8 months ago

    Senate is sitting on two dozen jobs bills passed by the house. Thee are over a half dozen existing jobs programs for veterans. We don’t need to spend more money to duplicate efforts.
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    Radish said, 8 months ago

    9-19-12: The House approved: funding for Colordo fish recovery, Mescalero Apache’s right to lease water rights, passage of an Iranian boogey-man rule, meaningless lip music to Georgia (Asia), a pancreatic cancer initiative, astronauts right to retain personal artififacts, improved fiduciaries of veterans, donations by tax-payers to the IRS, freeing dead veterasn from educational debt, change in interest rates for the Small Business Act, the tracking of cross-border violence, aid to Burma, banned Chinese drywall, provisions for a National Pediatric Research Network, and the easing of rules to allow veterans to become EMTs. No jobs were created.

    9-20-2012: The House approved:
    limiting the Secretary of the Interiors authority to issue regulations untils December of 2012, plus several incomprehensible child welfare bills. No jobs were created.
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    Ms. Ima said, 8 months ago

    This is the representation of Reid, not the GOP.
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    Dycel said, 8 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    Bull S**t
    You are truly a pathetic pissant to the conservo-cratic empire.
    Time to get back on the bus from uranis!
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    Dycel said, 8 months ago

    It astounds me when the political rhetoric that has repeatedly been proven beyond a shadow of doubt is throw out as sudo-truth.
    The only fools stupid enough to continue the travist of conservo-cratic illogical rationalizations keep repeating the talking points of idiots!
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    Dycel said, 8 months ago

    Damn Ipad!
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