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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (745789)10/11/2013 12:26:59 AM
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CJ,
Now if the Democrats had been serious about anything but a symbolic vote, they would have filibustered. And they had the votes to block cloture. But they didn't filibuster.
True, but there was no conservative analog to ObamaCare that was rammed through Congress without Democrat support. Even the Patriot Act, along with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, were approved by enough Democrats to make it not worth filibustering over.

By the way, I found this link via Google. From 2011:

Democrats Suddenly Regret Voting Against Raising the Debt Ceiling Under President Bush

nymag.com

And those who didn't regret it two years ago probably regret it now.

"But this time is different ..."

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