The_Elucidator
10-30-2007, 09:56 AM
New Congress at war over everything
By: Patrick O'Connor (http://www.politico.com/reporters/PatrickO'Connor.html)
Oct 30, 2007 06:04 AM EST
In a closed-door meeting before the last vote on the children’s health care bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer appealed for the support of about 30 wavering Republican lawmakers. What he got instead was a tongue-lashing, participants said.
The GOP lawmakers, all of whom had expressed interest in a bipartisan deal on the SCHIP legislation, were furious that the Democratic leader from Maryland had not reached out to them in a more serious way early on. They also criticized him and Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois for failing to stop his allies outside Congress from running attack ads in their districts, while they were discussing a bipartisan deal.
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The partisan deadlock is also creating more problems for the new majority. Rank-and-file Democrats have turned on their leaders this fall in a series of minor upheavals, forcing them to suspend consideration of bills to update warrantless wiretapping laws, reclassify the killing of ethnic Armenians almost a century ago, expand workplace protections for gays and lesbians and require all electronic voting machines to produce paper records.
More Good News Here (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6604_Page2.html)
I believe this is called a "quagmire"... :rotflmbo: Serves the treasonous bastards right. Sell your soul to the devil, he will be back to collect! Morons!
Football 49
Dem Congress 0
By: Patrick O'Connor (http://www.politico.com/reporters/PatrickO'Connor.html)
Oct 30, 2007 06:04 AM EST
In a closed-door meeting before the last vote on the children’s health care bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer appealed for the support of about 30 wavering Republican lawmakers. What he got instead was a tongue-lashing, participants said.
The GOP lawmakers, all of whom had expressed interest in a bipartisan deal on the SCHIP legislation, were furious that the Democratic leader from Maryland had not reached out to them in a more serious way early on. They also criticized him and Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois for failing to stop his allies outside Congress from running attack ads in their districts, while they were discussing a bipartisan deal.
-- snip --
The partisan deadlock is also creating more problems for the new majority. Rank-and-file Democrats have turned on their leaders this fall in a series of minor upheavals, forcing them to suspend consideration of bills to update warrantless wiretapping laws, reclassify the killing of ethnic Armenians almost a century ago, expand workplace protections for gays and lesbians and require all electronic voting machines to produce paper records.
More Good News Here (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6604_Page2.html)
I believe this is called a "quagmire"... :rotflmbo: Serves the treasonous bastards right. Sell your soul to the devil, he will be back to collect! Morons!
Football 49
Dem Congress 0