From our friends at Prognosis-Progressive:
Conservatives usher in era of unprecedented obstructionism
This year, “Senate Republicans are threatening filibusters to block more legislation than ever before.” The pattern of obstructionism is demolishing previous records:
Nearly 1 in 6 roll-call votes in the Senate this year have been cloture votes. If this pace of blocking legislation continues, this 110th Congress will be on track to roughly triple the previous record number of cloture votes — 58 each in the two Congresses from 1999-2002, according to the Senate Historical Office.
McClatchy provides this statistical analysis:
If that doesn't say it all...
But hey, just *possibly* we finally found a bill that Republicans will override a veto on. The highly successful S-CHIP program that provides Health Care for Children is up for passage and of course Bush, being the bastard that he is, wants to veto it. Republicans believe in the program and may line up to override the veto with Democrats. After all can't play the family values meme if you're screwing children over can you?
But this was the line I found to be the most repugnant in the article on this possible veto override by the LA Times:
As they tell the story in Texas, when George W. Bush was governor, he fought hard to put austere limits on a new federal-state plan to provide health insurance for children of low-wage workers in the state. Outmaneuvered by Democrats, he corralled the program's chief sponsor on the statehouse floor and conceded defeat, saying, "You crammed it down our throats."
Well apparently Bush has a habit of attempting to deny children health insurance. Nice to know this was nowhere to be found when the average guy you want to have a beer with was being touted by the media as a family friendly every-man.
-Rp
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