{"id":2407,"date":"2010-07-31T01:45:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T08:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2010-07-31T01:45:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T08:45:52","slug":"weiner-and-the-republican-bs-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/31\/weiner-and-the-republican-bs-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Weiner and the Republican BS Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did not cover this story yesterday, like many did, because I did not understand the procedural context of his outburst and wanted to make sure I understood it.  What happened was that Republicans wanted to attach a poison pill amendment to relief for 9\/11 first responders, and failing that, delay the bill beyond the August recess by loading it with amendments.  The only way Democrats could get it through was to use a procedural rule that did not allow amendments, but required a 2\/3 majority.  Then Republicans claimed that they were for the bill, but could not vote for it, because no amendments were allowed, and tried to blame their NO votes on Democrats.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"gop-no\"<\/a> House Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to those sickened by toxins resulting from the 9\/11 attacks<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

In the process, they set off a host of fiery speeches and denunciations from their Democratic colleagues and produced a veritable YouTube moment from Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y), whose district includes many of the affected. <\/p>\n

At the heart of the debate was a procedural maneuver made by Democrats to suspend the rules before consideration of the James Zadroga 9\/11 Health and Compensation Act. The move allowed leadership to block potential GOP amendments to the measure (there was worry that Republicans would attach something overtly partisan in hopes that it could pass on the otherwise widely-popular measure). It also meant that the party needed a two-thirds majority vote. <\/p>\n

When the final tally was announced, there were 255 representatives for the measure, 159 against\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Unlike the video I\u2019ve been seeing, this video includes the Republican liar to whom Weiner replied, and a conversation between Lawrence O\u2019Donnell and Officer Joseph Camarrata.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What might have happened had Democrats allowed amendments?  In the Senate, Harry Reid was trying to bring a bill providing $30 billion to community to banks for small business loans and tax cuts for business that create jobs.  Republicans said they would filibuster unless Reid allowed amendments.  Read did his normal cave-in and agreed to allow three Republican Amendments.  Guess what happened?<\/font><\/p>\n

Lawrence O\u2019Donnell and Journalist Annie Lowrey discussed it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

See?  The only thing that changes is the Republican BS excuse for saying NO.<\/font><\/p>\n

I feel angry that Reid told democratic senators who were outraged at this to cool off.  He should have lined them up to vent their rage for voters to see.<\/font><\/p>\n

How I wish thet Anthony Weiner and Harry Reid would switch jobs!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I did not cover this story yesterday, like many did, because I did not understand the procedural context of his outburst and wanted to make sure I understood it.  What happened was that Republicans wanted to attach a poison pill amendment to relief for 9\/11 first responders, and failing that, delay the bill beyond the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}