If the GOP Isn't Forced to Vote, They'll Never Learn: Does Reid Understand the Importance of Cloture?

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sent by meg since 23 days 18 hours 34 minutes, published about 23 days 13 hours 18 minutes
One would hope that Reid's actions are based at least somewhat on the urgent need for both unemployment benefits and health insurance, and that forcing conservatives to reveal themselves as obstructionist corporate shills is only a side benefit of calling for a cloture vote. But personally, I don't care why Reid and other congressional leaders decide to grow a pair. I just care that they do it, and soon.
tags: unemployment, health care, cloture, vote
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  1. #1    Bring it to a head, Harry. If they want to filibuster and the worm denies cloture, make them stand up on C-Span and show their constituents how badly they are misrepresented. Guaranteed, that filibuster is not going to last long and they will have been defanged. It's a twofer.
    written by CwV since 23 days 18 hours 10 minutesCwV
  2. #2    Reid is a wimp - why is he a leader? Whom does he lead, exactly?
    written by zelator since 23 days 13 hours 46 minuteszelator
  3. #3    He leads the hypocongress. (Hypocrites)
    written by Sparrows since 23 days 12 hours 43 minutesSparrows
  4. #4    The fact that Reid is the the Senate Majority Leader is indicative of just what a vapid fatuity, fetid and fraudulent mendacity and misanthropic monstrosity the Democratic party has become.
    written by TheSkepticalCynic since 23 days 12 hours 6 minutesTheSkepticalCynic
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