Most Open and Transparent Congress Ever..,Yeeah
Yeah, right. What happened to the openness and honesty? What happened to the most transparent Congress ever? Those bad, bad Republicans were so dishonest and power-hungry. It's a good thing the U.S. Congress is now in the hands of the most ethical politicians in the nation's history. Don't you feel so much safer and more proud to be an American with these people at the helm? They're so tolerant...when they're not being such tyrants.
However, there are some Democrats that don't like the under-handedness either:
From the usually suspect AP:
"In their zeal to protect their members from politically hazardous votes on issues such as gay marriage and gun control, Democrats running the House of Representatives are taking extraordinary steps to muzzle Republicans in this summer’s debates on spending bills. …
The tradition has often meant laborious debates. But it has allowed lawmakers with little seniority to have their say on doling out the one-third of the federal budget passed by Congress each year. It was a right the Democrats zealously defended when they were the minority party from 1995 through 2006.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., insists the clampdown is to prevent debates from dragging on and on. Republicans, however, have agreed to limit the amount of time debating the bills.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., acknowledged in a brief interview that one reason for restricting amendments is to save members of his party from having to cast politically painful votes. …
Even some Democrats are chafing at the heavy-handed clampdown on debate. Abortion opponent Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., on Thursday lashed out at his party’s leaders for denying him and others a chance to vote on restoring a long-standing directive by Congress blocking taxpayer-funded abortions in Washington, D.C."
However, there are some Democrats that don't like the under-handedness either:
From the usually suspect AP:
"In their zeal to protect their members from politically hazardous votes on issues such as gay marriage and gun control, Democrats running the House of Representatives are taking extraordinary steps to muzzle Republicans in this summer’s debates on spending bills. …
The tradition has often meant laborious debates. But it has allowed lawmakers with little seniority to have their say on doling out the one-third of the federal budget passed by Congress each year. It was a right the Democrats zealously defended when they were the minority party from 1995 through 2006.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., insists the clampdown is to prevent debates from dragging on and on. Republicans, however, have agreed to limit the amount of time debating the bills.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., acknowledged in a brief interview that one reason for restricting amendments is to save members of his party from having to cast politically painful votes. …
Even some Democrats are chafing at the heavy-handed clampdown on debate. Abortion opponent Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., on Thursday lashed out at his party’s leaders for denying him and others a chance to vote on restoring a long-standing directive by Congress blocking taxpayer-funded abortions in Washington, D.C."
posted by Northern Exposer at 01:56
5 Comments:
You always talk about feeling safe and such... I don't know, I feel like my life is just chugging along just fine no matter what. Government is always about choosing the lesser of two evils and then regretting the decision afterward. If North American politics were about electing a supreme leader with total rule, ok, there would be cause for alarm. It really boils down to voting for a man who can't do anything unless a bunch of other people (made up of representatives of both parties) agree with him.
The president is America's PR rep, really, and right now he's doing some bang up public relations work. You may think we're heading for ARAMGEDDON and THE END OF THE WORLD because the man is making some apologies for previous crimes, but what it this, the episode of The Simpsons where Bush Sr. apologizes for something in front of Mikhail Gorbechav, sparking him to tell Mother Russia the US has gone soft? No, no it is not.
Well put liberal Sith!!!!
Have I ever mentioned the "end of the world?" or "Armageddon?" No, I am however weary of the president making America weak in the eyes of her enemies (as Osama bin Laden has noted)and a possible first-strike by them because of it. Read: Hitler/Chamberlain.
Wilt Chamberlain?
Funny.
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