Dems Give Up on GOP, Deal With K Street Instead on (Unemployment) Extenders Bill

Dulcinea

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Wed Jun-23-10 03:00 PM
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Dems Give Up on GOP, Deal With K Street Instead on (Unemployment) Extenders Bill

Edited on Wed Jun-23-10 03:04 PM by Dulcinea

Senate Democrats are trying to pass a bill (H.R. 4213) combining an unemployment insurance extension, stimulative tax credits, state aid for Medicaid, and tax hikes on hedge funds and oil companies. They need at least two Republican votes in order to break a filibuster, but, so far, no Republicans are going along with them.

CongressDaily ($) reports this morning that the Dems are changing up their strategy. Rather than trying to strike a deal with the GOP, they are going to work directly with the infamous fourth branch of government � corporate lobbyists.

http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1933-Dems-Give-Up-on-GOP-Deal-With-K-Street-Instead-on-Extenders-Bill

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Wed Jun-23-10 03:03 PM
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1. "Lobbyists don't run my campaign or my White House"...

Edited on Wed Jun-23-10 03:03 PM by Skink

Just congress.

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Selatius

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Wed Jun-23-10 03:16 PM
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2. Why not just liquidate the Senate and let the business oligarchy run America?

It's pretty much getting to the point where we just live under a corporate dictatorship.

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