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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Skywatcher who wrote (249371)4/20/2002 12:14:28 AM
From: Selectric II  Read Replies (3) of 769670
 
It was Daschle who took the steam out of the drilling initiative in October by abruptly halting Energy and Natural Resources Committee deliberations over an energy bill when it appeared there were probably enough votes on the panel to approve drilling. He then presented the
Republicans with the impossible task of garnering 60 votes to get drilling put back in the bill on the floor while revving up opposition within his caucus.

There you have it, straight from the Washington Post, even if buried in the article. Obstructionist Daschole partisan politics, pure and simple, without regard to the merits. Pure political maneuvering.

Anybody out there noticing how many, "Senate" decisions reported in the press recently have actually been small, Democrat-heavy committees, comprised of just a few senators, but reported as "Senate" decisions? Look at the Judiciary Committee and Bush's nominees, for example. Our democratic republic is being undermined here. Few things are brought to a full Senate vote but should be.
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