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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:01 AM Original message |
Question: How Come the Democrats Can't Just Vote for the Same War Spending Bill? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why change anything at all? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Sure, fine, change nothing. The question remains, why not do it? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. No there is no reason other than political. |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. Uh I've heard A LOT of people suggest it.. on the net. |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Better yet, don't do ANYTHING! |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. That's exactly right. |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. "We tried....Bush vetoed the money....what else can we do?" |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. That just may feed into *bush's spin-claim that the |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. They could...but |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. So then it would be Republicans in congress denying funding to the troops. n/t |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. The Dem strategy is to attempt to embarrass bush, not to end the war. They |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yeah, but the difference here is... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It's actually putting the onus on the Republicans in Congress.. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Yes, instead of offering leadership the Dems are putting the onus on bush. |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. My same thought. Change 2 or 3 'and/or' s & send 'er back to him ... |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. Well, if they vote on the exact same bill Smirk vetoed they'd need 2/3 majority in each House |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:34 AM Original message |
But as I said in my OP, I'm not talking about overriding the veto. |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. Here's the letter I sent to Pelosi earlier this morning... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Typically rules of order prevent such things. |
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DerBeppo (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. If the goal is defunding |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. because they won't get a majority to support it |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. That's what I want to know. |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. How about Reid scheduling the veto override vote in the Senate? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
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