Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens »
Posted By Beau7890 1 year, 1 month ago in NewsIt has long been the custom to compare a popular piece of legislation to motherhood and apple pie. Evidently, that is no longer the standard. Worse, Republicans are now confronted with a John Kerry-esque predicament: They actually voted for motherhood before they voted against it.
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not2needy1 year, 1 month ago
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It has long been the custom to compare a popular piece of legislation to motherhood and apple pie. Evidently, that is no longer the standard. Worse, Republicans are now confronted with a John Kerry-esque predicament: They actually voted for motherhood before they voted against it.
This has fairly set a pattern with the way repubs have been doing things for a while.
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Beau78901 year, 1 month ago
You mean one vote for show, and another for its actual effect?
Or do you mean obstructionism?
Or just the provocative headline?
They're all Republican tricks.
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raats66621 year, 1 month ago
And yet they will STILL say that it is COMPLETELY appropriate for them to have called him on his 'flip flopping'.
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splitrch1 year, 1 month ago
Also FTA:
"The majority has taken, once again, their go-it-alone policy," Boehner lamented yesterday. "It's time for Democrats and Republicans to work together."
What a load of crap. Has he forgotten just how bipartisan the pugs were between 1994 and 2006. Has he gone off the deep end or he has seen the light?
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stephen-johnson1 year, 1 month ago
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-- On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, "Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day," when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest.
"Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote," he announced.
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who has two young daughters, moved to table Tiahrt's request, setting up a revote. This time, 178 Republicans cast their votes against mothers. --
I have nothing against mothers either - but doesn't Congress have anything better to do than this?
Thanks for letting us see how our tax dollars are hard at work, Beau.
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Beau78901 year, 1 month ago
Congress absolutely has better things to do. And this kind of thing goes on all the time. (Though less time would have been wasted if Rep. Tiahrt had just let it go.)
But many votes are for show. When examining a candidate's record, check the roll call in the final vote--the one that's either a bill's last gasp on the floor after amendments have been added, or the one that passes it through to the president. Much carping about candidates' records has to do with votes like this that are essentially meaningless.
Gotta admit the headline's a keeper though, don't you Stephen? ;-)
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bruhaha1 year, 1 month ago
"The majority has taken, once again, their go-it-alone policy," Boehner lamented yesterday. "It's time for Democrats and Republicans to work together."
When the Republicans were in the majority, they did whatever they wanted, excluded democrats from meetings, threatened the "nuclear option," etc., etc....what hypocrites.
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tanglang1 year, 1 month ago
SJ is right. As if the whole baseball fiasco was not wasting enough of our money now we have this to deal with?
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Spadecaller1 year, 1 month ago
An embarassing waste of time. I can't applaud the introduction of a an irrelevant bill that is not about the business of governing. The Senate's bipartisan mob of indulgent clowns are neglecting the dire concerns of our nation.
Speaking of motherhood, I must wonder if our senators were actually weaned; perhaps they were hatched and lack the experience of an intimate motherhood experience. They certainly behave more like egglaying reptiles showing little concern for those in their care.
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