Last week, the Senate stalled on the passage of a Bill designed to take on Global Warming by cutting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Sometimes the Congress gets along like a preschool class and they do not deserve to have their jobs. The Senate Republicans demanded a reading of the Bill which is a 492 page document. This is out of the ordinary procedure, so why did the Republican leadership demand this? The Republican filibuster was due to the fact that the Democrats failed to approve the appointment of three federal judges before Memorial Day, as had been promised. Well that sounds like a good reason to delay clean air. Don't you ever wish that you could line up some of our elected officials and give them "the three stooges" slap? They are acting like babies, and the important work of the Nation hangs in the balance. Let's give as many incumbents as we can a pink slip this fall. That will get the attention of the Congressional Kindergarten.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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Yep. Sounds like our government at work. They hastily sign the USA PATRIOT Act, a document that gives the president unprecedented power, without reading it. Yet, give them a bill that makes sense and they want to inspect every letter. A filibuster should be unconstitutional. They should either agree or disagree. If they agree, ratify the bill. If they disagree, discuss the bill and how it should be changed. If after, say, 6 hours they cannot come to a reasonable compromise, the bill is canned. That's not saying, by the way, that it can't be rewritten and introduced again at a later date.
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