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| Makes the Dems Work to End Obstruction |
| 2018-05-23 |
| [FoxNews] Other than tax reform and judicial confirmations, the Senate has accomplished very little this year, and restless conservatives are eager for improvement. In fact, as recently as last week, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., led a group of fifteen Republican senators in sending a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., imploring him to let the Senate work. Outside conservative groups are making the same request. How can Republicans in the Senate force action in the face of Democrat obstruction? Three simple things: Make Democrats SPEAK. Make them WORK. Make them VOTE. Details at link, natch. Finally, trust the American people. Notwithstanding the media noise and the inside the beltway blather, the American people have common sense. They see through the games. To demonstrate this we need look no further than the latest government funding fight. The Democrat plan was to close the government hoping to force Republicans to swallow an amnesty bill. The geniuses inside the beltway claim that Republicans always take the blame for every shutdown, even when the Democrats are the obvious cause. But this is because usually, the Republicans cave. This time, Republicans stuck to their guns. And the public saw through the cynical game the Democrats were playing, Sen. Schumer got smart and reversed course. They didn’t need 60 votes, or even 51. The bill passed unanimously, with consent. It didn’t even need a vote. It does seem like the titanic struggle ended with a (D) whimper. Message to the Republican senators: Work hard, trust your principles, use the weapons at your disposal, and trust the American people, and victory will be yours. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #4 Its rules and culture are intentionally designed to be slow and deliberative, in contrast to the quick-moving partisan House. Except when the Dems are in power and legislation such as the (cough, cough) "Affordable Health Care Act" was rushed through without anyone reading it. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-05-23 09:27 |
| #3 GOPe stronghold the Senate is a deep state Swamp. I wonder if senators are knobbled in the same way the deep-state tried and failed with Trump. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-05-23 05:08 |
| #2 ccccccccccc You left out locust swarms. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-05-23 05:03 |
| #1 Dems Should have Absentee Ballots Earlier Sent & Counted Barring Terror Attacks , Earthquakes & Hurricanes , Alas , Volcanoes 2 !! Tidal Wave Alerts , Also ~~ |
| Posted by: cccccccccc 2018-05-23 04:27 |