Cost of Health Care Continues to Rise

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

You win Pete. Republicans haven't stopped the Democrats from doing anything. They didn't prevent this Defense Authorization Bill:

http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/c...can_filibuster

They didn't prevent Democrats from extending long term unemployment:

http://www.tcudailyskiff.com/filibus...ties-1.2357127

They didn't prevent Democrats from passing this small business lending bill:

http://www.mybanktracker.com/bank-ne...ng-plan-drags/

Democrats have gotten everything they wanted. Thanks for clearing that up.

Did the Dems have 60 votes in the Senate or not?

Pete

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Did the Dems have 60 votes in the Senate or not?

Pete

Irrelevant since it takes 67 votes to even bring a bill up for discussion.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Irrelevant since it takes 67 votes to even bring a bill up for discussion.

No, it only takes 60, but that lasted for only a year. Even before that several of the dems were DINO.

Regards,

D-ray