Harry Reid fillibusters against his own debt bill on Senate floor (Sanders, economic)
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But the political equation is that it will have to get 7 repub votes to pass, so they can claim it has "bipartisan support".
Quite a few of those Republican newbies in the Senate are young men compared to Reid and his "old guard" buddies so they may have some trouble twisting enough arms to get 7 votes. They don't need bi-partisan to pass this one since they have agreed on a simple majority being enough.
Well when Obama uses the 14th amendment and just simply raises the debt ceiling like everyone should be doing to begin with, we can get on with the business of creating jobs in the country. This is a manufactured purely political football game anyway.
It's just Reid playing politics. He wants to run out the clock and raise pressure on the negotiations that will take place when his bill too is inevitably voted down. This is how we will get to 6 am on Aug. 2nd with these idiots on both sides still haggling.
Well when Obama uses the 14th amendment and just simply raises the debt ceiling like everyone should be doing to begin with, we can get on with the business of creating jobs in the country. This is a manufactured purely political football game anyway.
This administration is a purely manufactured political football. get on with the business of creating jobs? Not under this POTUS. Under his policies corporations cannot flee fast enough. Have you paid attention to the news? Obamacare medical device tax is running companies like Boston Scientific straight to China. Even the Obama job's czar Immelt is taking Government Electric's x-ray division to China.
This administration is a purely manufactured political football. get on with the business of creating jobs? Not under this POTUS. Under his policies corporations cannot flee fast enough. Have you paid attention to the news? Obamacare medical device tax is running companies like Boston Scientific straight to China. Even the Obama job's czar Immelt is taking Government Electric's x-ray division to China.
Wake up already!
Great, huh? If a repub's "jobs" guru moved a division to China the media's heads would be exploding! Obama? Oh my - it just wouldn't be fair to hold the poor boy accountable...
Last edited by C.C; 07-30-2011 at 02:25 PM..
Reason: reword
A bipartisan majority in the House defeated Dirty Harry's bill, the one that he filibustered, the one that never even got a vote in the Senate.
11 Dems voted against the bill - and they weren't all lefties either.
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