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To: cripplecreek

What in the name of hell is happening to our Republican-controlled U.S. House? This is exactly why we put the “R”s in charge and they are kicking us in the collective ass!!


11 posted on 05/31/2012 6:23:05 PM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: Mr. Wright; cripplecreek
“The vote was 246-168, short of the two-thirds majority needed under a fast-track procedure used by the House.”

Not as bad as you think.

21 posted on 05/31/2012 7:31:59 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: Mr. Wright
What in the name of hell is happening to our Republican-controlled U.S. House?

Republicans have a majority, but do not control 2/3rds of the House. Maybe, though, we can make a good push toward that number in November.

25 posted on 05/31/2012 8:43:41 PM PDT by SuziQ
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Folks, the vote The vote was 246-168 in favor of the Bill. The GOP controlled House did its job. They won by a lot, even had some dems votre for it.

But because of the way it was introduced it required a 2/3rds majority to pass. That’s okay, here’s why.

The GOP wanted to get people on record. They knew even if they had gotten the vote in under normal tracking and won (which they would have) that it would not survive the Senate (which would never bring it up for a vote under Reid) or Obama’s veto in any case.

This way, they got the Nays on record for everyone to see and you can bet the GOP and PACs will use it in November in every race where anyone voting Nay on it is up for election.


27 posted on 05/31/2012 9:21:45 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Mr. Wright; cripplecreek
"What in the name of hell is happening to our Republican-controlled U.S. House? This is exactly why we put the “R”s in charge and they are kicking us in the collective ass!!"

Our House Speaker... He's a cry baby... Pelosi has bigger balls. Our leader is a public crybaby... John Boehner. It's freakin' embarrassing.


30 posted on 05/31/2012 10:18:19 PM PDT by avacado
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To: Mr. Wright
What in the name of hell is happening to our Republican-controlled U.S. House?

This is not a good omen for the counrty at all. Makes me want to throw in the towel and head for the hills for the duration.

60 posted on 06/04/2012 5:37:43 AM PDT by jersey117
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