On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1) It wasn't a filibuster > 2) Paygo was passed and it's ignored > 3) If Bunning is crazy it has nothing to do with this discussion > 4) Do you admit you made up that quote attributed to him? >
Bunning accused the Democrats of mounting an ambush against him by repeatedly trying to move the bill, the Courier-Journal reported. And he complained that, in the process, he was missing the University of Kentuckys basketball game Thursday night with South Carolina. "The Washington-based Politico.com even reported that Bunning responded Tough St when asked by a Democrat to stop his filibuster." One man fillibuster: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/02/26/bunning_launches_one-man_filibuster.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=political-wire Paygo was passed, yes, over the objections of Republicans I might add who were the ones to originally suspend it. Paygo is important but was never meant to cover emergency situations. The extension of unemployment benefits and continued funding of several agencies was an emergency measure to keep things going while they continued to debate budgets and priorities, which is where Paygo measures do, and wil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313310 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
