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I seem to recall hearing about it being rammed through the Senate during a midnight vote. Barely a matter of having our elected representatives having a swing
by MrZongle2 10y ago
I seem to recall hearing about it being rammed through the Senate during a midnight vote. Barely a matter of having our elected representatives having a swing at it, let alone the American public at large.
- maxerickson 10y ago99 out of 100 Senators voted on the issue. The abstained vote would not have changed the outcome. Is that rammed through?
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoIt was not a midnight vote (or at least, not what the term implies), but yes, it was definitely rammed through. I've never seen such an absolutely-will-not-take-no-for-an-answer ramming job ever on anything.
- umanwizard 10y agoHow so? Obama didn't force anyone to vote a particular way, did he?
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoForce? No. Strongly twist arms? Absolutely. Google "Louisiana purchase" for one example; there were several. Now, to some degree, that's just normal politics. But I've never seen it done that hard, for that long, on a bill that passed by such razor-thin margins.
- maxerickson 10y agoSure, the Democratic House, Senate and President acted in a somewhat hasty manner to utilize the power that they possessed, but all the complaints about not respecting the process or whatever are dumb. The press statements made about the Supreme Court confirmation needed right now are a nice illustration of how stupid the process complaints are. Pretty much every person that has made a public statement about what respecting the process means had previously made a public statement taking the opposite of the position that they have taken now.