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European Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 09:21 PM
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Are there 50 votes for reconciliation after the bribery?
I'm not so sure. But then again, what could be more humiliating than what Shithead Joe just pulled off. Harry should give it a try.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 09:30 PM
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1. After the Democrats defeated the drug importation bill today, I would'nt count on anything from them
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FBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 10:01 PM
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3. They didn't "defeat" it.
Defeating a bill takes a majority "no" vote. This was a failure to envoke cloture.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 08:36 AM
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4. You can say it anyway you want, but 30 Democrats voted against prescription drug reimportation
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FBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 09:59 PM
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2. Doesn't matter... we still need 60 n
Edited on Tue Dec-15-09 10:22 PM by FBaggins
On edit - My mistake... I presumed you were talking about the conference between House and Senate when you clearly said reconciliation.

It would be a difficult task to rewrite the bill so that it could get through as a reconciliation measure.
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