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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 02:26 PM
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video:Senate Conservatives Aggressively Obstructing Critical Legislation
Senate conservatives in the 110th Congress are obstructing and blocking legislation at a rate more than double that of the past two Congresses combined.

During the first six months of the current Congress, there have been 13 cloture votes on motions to proceed — “each one wasting days of Senate time.” In comparison, there were just four cloture votes on motions to proceed during the the first sessions of the 108th and 109th Congresses combined.

The result: The House of Representatives has passed 239 pieces of legislation during the 110th Congress yet few have made it through the Senate, with conservatives “objecting to just about every major piece of legislation” that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has tried to bring up.

Watch a video highlighting their obstruction:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/27/senate-obstruction/
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 02:29 PM
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1. Note to Dems: The far right never "pays a price" for fighting
for what they "believe in."

What makes you think that you will?

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harlinchi Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 02:32 PM
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2. But we must continue to trash congressional Democrats!
Isn't it more important to prove your progressive credentials by bashing the group most likely to legislate in support of our issues? The media must show more general anti-congress (not anti-republicans in congress) articles! We cannot provide a reason to dislike the republicans in congress.

:sarcasm:
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