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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 05:40 PM
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Is it just me, or has this been a very productive lame duck session?
We have DADT repeal, a child nutrition bill, the Local Community Radio Act, extension of unemployment benefits, middle class tax cut extensions and of course all that other stuff in the tax bill...

Um, mooooooving on...

Ratification of the START treaty looks good and so does the 9/11 healthcare bill too.

Maybe we should call it the Strong Duck session(?)
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Andy823 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 05:50 PM
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1. Yep,
Edited on Sun Dec-19-10 05:51 PM by Andy823
Pretty damned good if you ask me!

And it's pissing of the republicans too, so that's even better!
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:02 PM
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2. I recall many people calling Harry Reid a wimp, but he is doing a great job,
and, yes the republicans - especially the teabaggers - are being put into situations they don't like, which makes things that much better.

Let's enjoy this and remember it when the bad guys take over.

K&R
mark
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:02 PM
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3. No, it's not just you.
Didn't think anyone had noticed the LCRA. Nice of you to mention it. :)

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1147/show
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/the-little-bill-that-coul_b_798768.html?ir=Politics
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Hawkowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:06 PM
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4. The Dems could've held onto the House
If they would have passed all this stuff before the election, they would have KICKED ASS. I am absolutely dumbfounded what the fuck they were doing before the election.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:08 PM
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5. +435
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 07:48 PM
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13. Yep. We'll have two shitting years thanks to their (in)actions of the past two.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 07:56 PM
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15. A lot of them spent those 2 years..
coming to terms with an AA commander and chief and some still can't get over it,and that is why they will be losing some more seats.

They couldn't work together to kick some republicon ass,they sat back and watch and some even joined in.

After the election some got scared and some like Rep Shuler are even more emboldened to work with and condone the TEABAGGERS and all of their antics..
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:09 PM
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6. Wow, I hadn't heard about the Local Community Radio Act...
Cool. Thanks!

:hi:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:10 PM
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7. Yeah, they're finally exercising the discipline over the Blue Dogs
that they should have been exercising for the whole two years in order to get the most important stuff passed before the Republican crazy people take over for two years.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:12 PM
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8. Unfortunately productivity will come to a grinding halt when the teabaggers are seated.
I wonder if anyone will bother to notice? Eh MSM?
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elias49 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-10 05:32 AM
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18. I'm thinking maybe not. When Repugs begin to eat their own
it could be quite entertaining.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:15 PM
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9. The session isn't lame, just like the media that Palin calls lame isn't lame
The only 'lame stream media' is FoxNews and Palin is part of that ;)

Seems like there's been more worked on and accomplished in the so called lame duck session than what was done in the six months prior to it.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:20 PM
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10. Yeah they are doing a good job
The question is, why not do all of this before the election?
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 06:29 PM
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11. Old habits die hard -- I look at it through a parent's eyes...
"If you could do this well in a few weeks because your priviledges were on the line, why couldn't you have done this well all year?"
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 07:37 PM
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12. You're right
They need to stay every minute before Issa gets his subpoena power and turns the place into the new century's Starr Chamber.

Going to be a disgusting thing to see in 2011. Only hoping they don't shut down the government as they promised the Tea Party.

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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 07:55 PM
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14. Certainly productive for the rich.
The upper 2% got theirs and the 99ers were abandoned.
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GeorgeGist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-10 11:18 PM
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16. Obama caved on tax cuts for the rich.
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Exen Trik Donating Member (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-10 02:43 AM
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17. Too bad they didn't act like this all year
Edited on Tue Dec-21-10 02:44 AM by Exen Trik
There wouldn't have BEEN a lame duck session! Just insane.
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