To: Free ThinkerNY
Since the pubs don’t have a majority how is it that they get credit for nixing this bill?
3 posted on
01/28/2009 12:21:15 PM PST by
linn37
(cue the circus music the democrats are back in charge)
To: linn37
4 posted on
01/28/2009 12:22:23 PM PST by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: linn37
They block cloture. The Dems have to have 60 votes to force a bill to be brought to floor for a vote. The Dems only have 59 Senators. Yesterday morning they only had 58.
10 posted on
01/28/2009 12:27:12 PM PST by
DoughtyOne
(D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
To: linn37
Since the pubs don’t have a majority how is it that they get credit for nixing this bill? I asked myself the same question, but the answer is straight forward. The AP has determined that it will be an unpopular decision.
13 posted on
01/28/2009 12:29:30 PM PST by
SampleMan
(Community Organizer: What liberals do when they run out of college, before they run out of Marxism.)
To: linn37
Since the pubs don’t have a majority how is it that they get credit for nixing this bill?
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Its an Ass. Press article. I imagine that when Dear Leader wants something - it those dammned Repubs fault when it doesn’t happen
To: linn37
Since the pubs don’t have a majority how is it that they get credit for nixing this bill? You (and I) might call it "credit" but those who riot because they can't watch "Oprah" any more will call it "blame".
In any case, it took a two-thirds vote, and the Dems don't have two thirds (2010 here we come!), so they needed Pub help, and didn't get it.
18 posted on
01/28/2009 12:31:22 PM PST by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: linn37
Since the pubs don’t have a majority how is it that they get credit for nixing this bill? For some reason--the article I saw wasn't clear--delaying the transition required a 2/3 vote. The GOP has over a third, and it voted nay.
To: linn37
They were trying to do some type of quick vote which skips all of the committees and general rules, but requires a two thirds vote. Usually it is reserved for things like National Gopher Appreciation Day rather than real legislation.
29 posted on
01/28/2009 12:36:20 PM PST by
KarlInOhio
(On 9/11 Israel mourned with us while the Palestinians danced in the streets. Who should we support?)
To: linn37
A “Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” requires a 2/3rd’s majority, so it needed GOP support to pass.
31 posted on
01/28/2009 12:38:59 PM PST by
Boiling Pots
(Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)
To: linn37
Since the pubs don’t have a majority how is it that they get credit for nixing this bill?The media will blame Republicans and the idiots will always believe it.
33 posted on
01/28/2009 12:41:48 PM PST by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: linn37
I don’t know, but I’m glad they did and do... the delay was a ploy to help Sprint over Verizon (according to an article I read last week) and had everything to do with money they gave Obama.
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