Comments on: Where’s that majority? http://thefatguy.com/2008/04/wheres-that-majority/ Not-A-Pundit: Just a guy writing about food, music, books, and tractors Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:07:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: charles austin http://thefatguy.com/2008/04/wheres-that-majority/#comment-459824 charles austin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:50:15 +0000 http://thefatguy.com/?p=6113#comment-459824 Clinton, Obama, and McCain are just ceremonial members of the Senate at this point. Ever wondered where you can get a job that pays you full time plus expenses and generous benefits to travel the country and interview for a better job? Now you know. Clinton, Obama, and McCain are just ceremonial members of the Senate at this point. Ever wondered where you can get a job that pays you full time plus expenses and generous benefits to travel the country and interview for a better job? Now you know.

]]> By: dstanley869 http://thefatguy.com/2008/04/wheres-that-majority/#comment-459819 dstanley869 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:56:46 +0000 http://thefatguy.com/?p=6113#comment-459819 No, the answer is phony baloney. The usual razz-a-ma-tazz these oinkers pull to make it look like we all need to keep paying their salaries so they don't have to actually go to work. No, the answer is phony baloney. The usual razz-a-ma-tazz these oinkers pull to make it look like we all need to keep paying their salaries so they don’t have to actually go to work.

]]> By: TFG http://thefatguy.com/2008/04/wheres-that-majority/#comment-459813 TFG Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:10:33 +0000 http://thefatguy.com/?p=6113#comment-459813 O I C. So the answer is "senile." Great. O I C. So the answer is “senile.” Great.

]]> By: BG http://thefatguy.com/2008/04/wheres-that-majority/#comment-459811 BG Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:27:08 +0000 http://thefatguy.com/?p=6113#comment-459811 You've got it backwards. There were 42 NAY votes that featured 41 Republicans and 1 Dem (Harry Reid, which is a procedural vote necessary for the Majority Leader to reintroduce the same bill at some future point). There were 56 in favor, including four Republicans and one Socialist. The two not voting? Both Republicans. <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00110#position" rel="nofollow">Look for yourself.</a> Cloture votes need 60 YEAs to get by. Dems don't have that kind of majority. Sadly too, they keep politely rolling over and allowing these cloture votes instead of making Republicans filibuster to stop Dem bills from hitting the President's desk. <a href="http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2007/07/20/16/654-20070720-FILIBUSTERS.large.prod_affiliate.91.jpg" rel="nofollow">This was a snapshot of the use of the tactic from last year July</a>, I'd be interested to see if it's still on track to set that record. You’ve got it backwards. There were 42 NAY votes that featured 41 Republicans and 1 Dem (Harry Reid, which is a procedural vote necessary for the Majority Leader to reintroduce the same bill at some future point). There were 56 in favor, including four Republicans and one Socialist. The two not voting? Both Republicans.

Look for yourself. Cloture votes need 60 YEAs to get by. Dems don’t have that kind of majority. Sadly too, they keep politely rolling over and allowing these cloture votes instead of making Republicans filibuster to stop Dem bills from hitting the President’s desk. This was a snapshot of the use of the tactic from last year July, I’d be interested to see if it’s still on track to set that record.

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