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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 01:28 PM
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If a Democratically controlled Senate wouldn't take up legislation
passed by a Democratically controlled House of Representatives to give a Democratic President, what do Republican's think is going to happen to legislation passed by a Republican House full of T-Baggers?
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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 01:30 PM
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1. they'll be the Republican'ts!
Can't get anything done.

Of course this won't really bother them. Republicans are more interested in keeping Dems from governing than in governing themselves.
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 01:32 PM
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2. What a good deal for their representatives, sit in a chair for a few months
and collect a pay check, then go home for a long vacation.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 01:33 PM
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3. Two years of complete gridlock.
Kinda like the last two years, except with even less legislative movement. Maybe two years of seeing that Republicans (1) can't effing govern, and (2) want to keep anyone else from governing EITHER, will teach the American public a lesson about how useless Republicans really are.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 01:38 PM
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6. Well we have had two years of almost complete gridlock since
Obama took office. Very few good bills got passed. Very few good appointees got approved. So what's new.
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Umbral Donating Member (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 01:35 PM
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4. They expect the Democrats will roll over, and they're probably right. nt
Edited on Mon Nov-01-10 01:35 PM by Umbral
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Poboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 02:55 PM
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12. We have an answer! -nt
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 01:38 PM
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5. There is enough passed by the House in the last two
years to keep the Senate busy if the Dems can get the votes...
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 01:51 PM
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7. They'll pass every piece of legislation handed to them.
Count on it. Only Blanche Lincoln won't be a factor this time around. But still count on Bayh, Baucus, Nelson and Lieberman be the kings of compromise and accomodation now the there will be fewer dem seats.
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 02:00 PM
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8. I think so too but if Schumer is majority leader I don't think he will
let it come up for a vote. It's our only chance, they'll cave to anything the Pukes get them to vote on.
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ieoeja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 02:23 PM
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9. Bayh will be gone (did not run for re-election). n/t
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 02:57 PM
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13. Werd. People predicting gridlock are being very optimistic
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 05:50 PM
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14. Here's the more likely scenario
Dems still hold a majority but only by a couple of seats, the exact amount of conservadems we will have in the Senate.

The GOP pushes through it's crappy legislation calling it "bipartisan", until said legislation fails miserably and makes people's lives exponentially worse and is declared failed legislation pushed through by the Democratic Senate.

All of this of course will be signed off on without even the slightest hint of a veto.
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sally cat Donating Member (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 02:49 PM
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10. There won't be any legislation coming out of the House if they take it.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 02:54 PM
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11. They think the Democrats will "compromise" with them...and, they'll probably be right.
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