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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:43 PM
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7. Because like now we didnt have the votes
nothing has changed yet the new congress doesnt come into session till january. We didnt have the votes then and now when people know they wont be coming back next term we still dont have the votes.
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  -Why didn't we pass middle class tax cuts when we had a super majority? mdmc  Dec-07-10 12:39 PM   #0 
  - Incompetence + a huge lack of spine  BrklynLiberal   Dec-07-10 12:40 PM   #1 
  - Baloney  RufusTFirefly   Dec-07-10 12:49 PM   #20 
  - + Megarecs  Newest Reality   Dec-07-10 01:02 PM   #24 
  - are you saying  mdmc   Dec-07-10 04:44 PM   #39 
  - I'm saying...  RufusTFirefly   Dec-07-10 04:52 PM   #44 
     - Thanks for the reply  mdmc   Dec-09-10 06:41 AM   #82 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:38 PM   #51 
  - Which is precisely why Bewsh pretty much got everything he wanted . . .  HughBeaumont   Dec-09-10 07:02 AM   #85 
  - Somebody understands here  johnlucas   Dec-10-10 10:11 AM   #94 
  - "We're keeping our Powder Dry!!!!!!" n/t  Rectangle   Dec-07-10 04:40 PM   #37 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:37 PM   #49 
  - we still have the same majority until Jan right?  stray cat   Dec-07-10 12:40 PM   #2 
  - One would never know it based on what is going on in Congress...  BrklynLiberal   Dec-07-10 12:42 PM   #3 
  - Scott Brown winning was a huge fly in the ointment  badtoworse   Dec-07-10 12:42 PM   #4 
  - The idea that the Dems allowed Ted Kennedy's seat to go repuke is as  BrklynLiberal   Dec-07-10 12:43 PM   #8 
  - I was thinking about when Kennedy was still alive..  mdmc   Dec-07-10 12:44 PM   #9 
     - what would Senator Kennedy say about tax breaks for billionaires  sasha031   Dec-07-10 12:50 PM   #22 
  - conservative corner  bigtree   Dec-07-10 12:42 PM   #5 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:39 PM   #52 
  - Because they didn't want to. Don't know why people here assume  harun   Dec-07-10 12:43 PM   #6 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:40 PM   #53 
  - Because like now we didnt have the votes  Egnever   Dec-07-10 12:43 PM   #7 
  - Aha!  mdmc   Dec-07-10 12:45 PM   #14 
  - We never had the votes  Egnever   Dec-07-10 12:49 PM   #18 
  - Are you saying that Dems are to blame?  mdmc   Dec-07-10 04:45 PM   #40 
  - Yeah, we only had 60 votes; the Republicans had a 40 vote majority.  Tesha   Dec-07-10 06:10 PM   #67 
  - We might have come close, but four Democrats did not vote for the middle-class-only  TwilightGardener   Dec-07-10 12:49 PM   #19 
     - it says that the party is shiite  mdmc   Dec-07-10 04:46 PM   #42 
        - the party is shit cause 4 out of 60 dissagree?  Egnever   Dec-08-10 09:34 AM   #76 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:40 PM   #54 
  - Congress was too busy debating some ridiculous crap  slackmaster   Dec-07-10 12:44 PM   #10 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:41 PM   #55 
  - Bad tactics.  andym   Dec-07-10 12:45 PM   #11 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:41 PM   #56 
  - My word of the day...WHY?  Desertrose   Dec-07-10 12:45 PM   #12 
  - The word  Newest Reality   Dec-07-10 01:05 PM   #25 
     - No, actually I want to know WHY they are doing what they're doing.  Desertrose   Dec-07-10 03:17 PM   #34 
  - Why didn't we pass what with the supermajority?  suston96   Dec-07-10 12:45 PM   #13 
  - Why didn't we pass tax cuts and unemployment?  mdmc   Dec-07-10 12:46 PM   #16 
     - Because only one Republican senator could end debate on anything.....  suston96   Dec-07-10 04:20 PM   #35 
     - I was talking about before Teddy died  mdmc   Dec-07-10 04:38 PM   #36 
        - I have explained......  suston96   Dec-07-10 04:50 PM   #43 
           - One Senator can obstruct but not forever if you have 60 votes for cloture  Hippo_Tron   Dec-07-10 05:58 PM   #65 
              - So then what that should tell you is  Egnever   Dec-08-10 09:33 AM   #75 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:42 PM   #57 
  - Neolibs.  Individualist   Dec-07-10 12:45 PM   #15 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:42 PM   # 
  - We were concentrating on making sure everyone had to pay their tithe to the health insurance co's.nt  Ginto   Dec-07-10 12:47 PM   #17 
  - Because we had to let the repubs stall HCR reform first  n2doc   Dec-07-10 12:50 PM   #21 
  - Here's a guess  Phlem   Dec-07-10 12:52 PM   #23 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:43 PM   #60 
  - Because we can't walk and chew gum at the same time. (n/t)  spin   Dec-07-10 01:07 PM   #26 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:44 PM   #61 
  - Too many Dems thought it could derail their re-election campaigns.  Overseas   Dec-07-10 01:08 PM   #27 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-07-10 05:44 PM   #63 
  - Too busy finding money to fund the Permanent War  kenny blankenship   Dec-07-10 01:09 PM   #28 
  - 99-1 majority and we still wouldn't get something worthwhile passed,  TheCowsCameHome   Dec-07-10 01:09 PM   #29 
  - No leadership from the top. nt  ladjf   Dec-07-10 01:39 PM   #30 
  - We never had an actual WORKING super majority......  northoftheborder   Dec-07-10 01:42 PM   #31 
  - Outmaneuvered, as usual...  DainBramaged   Dec-07-10 01:44 PM   #32 
  - Here's my guess.  Igel   Dec-07-10 02:47 PM   #33 
  - thanks for the reply  mdmc   Dec-07-10 04:41 PM   #38 
  - Because we have always had (as part of our majority)  SoCalDem   Dec-07-10 04:45 PM   #41 
  - Priorities were wrong. Time wasted on Cap and Trade and Health Care Reform.  bluestate10   Dec-07-10 04:53 PM   #45 
  - We did, called the stimulus package.  Chemical Bill   Dec-07-10 05:24 PM   #46 
  - Time to give up now...  pipi_k   Dec-08-10 09:20 AM   #72 
  - Thanks for noticing, anyway. n/t  Chemical Bill   Dec-09-10 06:59 PM   #90 
  - the stimulus extended middle class tax cuts and unemployment bennies?  mdmc   Dec-09-10 06:45 AM   #83 
  - Lets take a look at that link..  Chemical Bill   Dec-09-10 06:49 PM   #87 
  - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  mdmc   Dec-09-10 06:49 AM   #84 
     - Different tax cut...  Chemical Bill   Dec-09-10 06:53 PM   #89 
        - thanks for the clarification  mdmc   Dec-10-10 07:16 AM   #91 
  - The Same Reason Many Other Items Passed In The House Failed...  KharmaTrain   Dec-07-10 05:31 PM   #47 
  - Ben Nelson has voted against every unpaid for unemployment extension and every tax cut extension  BzaDem   Dec-07-10 05:32 PM   #48 
  - We can't walk and chew gum at the same time after all  WhaTHellsgoingonhere   Dec-07-10 05:38 PM   #50 
  - excellent post  Poboy   Dec-07-10 05:42 PM   #58 
  - :-)  mdmc   Dec-09-10 05:16 PM   #86 
  - What supermajority? (nt)  Posteritatis   Dec-07-10 05:42 PM   #59 
  - Oh my God. DU is not nearly as informed as I once believed it to be.  phleshdef   Dec-07-10 05:44 PM   #62 
  - word.  Chemical Bill   Dec-07-10 05:45 PM   #64 
  - enlighten me please  mdmc   Dec-08-10 07:51 AM   #68 
  - Please see response number 46. n/t  Chemical Bill   Dec-08-10 05:44 PM   #78 
  - Let's hear it then.  donco6   Dec-08-10 08:38 AM   #70 
     - Please see response number 46. n/t  Chemical Bill   Dec-08-10 05:45 PM   #79 
  - Because Mitch McConnell can hold his breath for a real long time.  gmoney   Dec-07-10 06:06 PM   #66 
  - Because they are unable  RegieRocker   Dec-08-10 08:12 AM   #69 
  - we didnt have 60 then, we dont have 60 now and wont have 60 tomorrow, nt  seabeyond   Dec-08-10 08:39 AM   #71 
  - Occam's razor: The President wouldn't have been able to leverage tax cuts for the rich that way.  Romulox   Dec-08-10 09:23 AM   #73 
  - Because we didn't want to. Not anymore than we want to stop the wars. n/t  Catherina   Dec-08-10 09:30 AM   #74 
  - Benator voted for the tax cuts in 2003 so we probably only had 59 at the most  Hippo_Tron   Dec-08-10 09:46 AM   #77 
  - The pesky loud teevee commercial volume got fixed. And you want more? nt  Obamanaut   Dec-08-10 05:46 PM   #80 
  - Ypu'll hear lots of excuses, but the simple fact is, we have no strong leadership  Stinky The Clown   Dec-08-10 06:52 PM   #81 
  - Stimulus,  MadHound   Dec-09-10 06:52 PM   #88 
  - Why do you think the law would have been better before August?  BzaDem   Dec-10-10 10:06 AM   #93 
  - The Democrats are not interested in that  johnlucas   Dec-10-10 10:03 AM   #92 
 

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