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I find myself usually disappointed by the vast majority of what Congress and the White House say and do, so I'm still finding it difficult to be optimistic. I
by bratsche 13y ago
I find myself usually disappointed by the vast majority of what Congress and the White House say and do, so I'm still finding it difficult to be optimistic.
I was, however, pleasantly surprised by how close the vote to defund the NSA's operations came. I think that may have been the point where this issue because more serious.
- jlgreco 13y agoAs somebody on HN pointed out before, so long as they know something will pass or fail regardless, whips will give more leeway to party members so they can vote however makes them look good. If there were real danger of a vote going the wrong way, they would tighten up their ship. A close vote seems good, but in reality it isn't necessarily as close as it looked.
- bratsche 13y agoThat's probably true. Thank you, sir, for raining on my already very small parade. :)
- gnaritas 13y agoWhile this is true, it presumes an accurate whip count and we've seen recent examples of the republicans getting it wrong and failing to pass their own bills when they thought it was a lock. They don't always know if something will pass or fail, but they usually do.