In other words, he wants to get them on the record, so they can't do something sleezy, scummy, and underhanded... like claiming they voted against it before they voted for it.
“lawmakers should have to go on the record one way or the other.
In other words, he wants to get them on the record, so they can’t do something sleezy, scummy, and underhanded... like claiming they voted against it before they voted for it.”
You’ll note how fast the rhetoric last week changed from:
“Obama MUST act on his own because of the Obstructionist Republican Congress!”
To:
“Obama must act without U.N. approval because of those Obstructionist Russians!”????
Now it will be:
“Obama COULDN’T ACT because of those Obstructionist Republicans in Congress, who would rather see children die horribly, than give the President a win!!!”
And O’s willing sycophant propagandists in the media will gladly parrot that line, over and over.
(And I’ve already heard it.)