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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:17 PM Original message |
Lame duck session should be used for progressive legislation |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. And every piece should be called a "Jobs Bill" regardless of what it is about. |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good idea :) nt. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Hahahaha!! Love it! |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 05:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. lol! +1 |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Brilliant!! Yes!!! |
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sweetapogee (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I really hate to say this, |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. A lot of the work is in the Senate anyways |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. recommend |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Anyone who thinks this will actually happen is deluded. The House was marginally better than |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. We may be deluded, but it doesn't hurt to try and push for what we want. nt. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. "deluded" is, unfortunately, the proper term in this case. |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. You mean like a new AWB? n/t |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. But won't be. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Aren't there hundreds of pieces of legislation already passed by the house |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. END THE FILIBUSTER. And leave the rule there for the repubs ... brilliant Sherlock. (nt) |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. We still have the Senate. nt |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. But you can't change the rules back and forth at will (nt) |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Fix it then |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Apparently they need 2/3 of the Senate to change the rules during a session of congress |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Agreed. But whatever we change, we also have to live with. (nt) |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yep. nt |
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rainlillie (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. ITA! |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
18. Agree: Disclose Act and fix bankruptcy - those are urgent. |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's not going to happen because we don't control the senate. Kirk is the first of the new |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. If you think Blue Dogs have nothing to lose then you don't understand Blue Dogs |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It will be interesting to track what they do afterwards |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. Michael Moore agrees |
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