On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > The cornhusker deal was on the healthcare bill, had nothing to do with > Jim Bunning. Now who is changing the story mid-stream?
You tied them together: >If they would grow the fuck up and try and actually legislate, we could pass reform bills to reform health care, spur further job creation, reduce the deficit and get a real budget in place that conforms to pay as you go rules. > But yes, the > deal with Nelson is abhorrent. There was more shouting about it on the > Left than the Right though. You mean when Harry said the D - Senators that didn't get a deal like that were fools? > The Senate needs to get rid of the fillibuster, period. The House was > able to have open hearings in 3 separate committees and come up with a > unified bill that was a compromise approach. 39 dems voted against and one Rep voted for. Nice try though. > The Senate is the Senate > and they do a bunch of crap behind closed doors, ala the Gang of 6. I > don't like it, not one bit. But don't try and pretend it isn't > bipartisan. Senate Republicans have far more influence than they > ought to with 41 seats. So stop whinging and wringing your hands. Whateve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:313317 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
