evil_gop_liars Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 The Senate on Tuesday rejected a plan to create a bipartisan commission to tackle the nation's budget problems this year, leaving it up to President Obama to create such a panel by executive order. 2010 filibuster II the electric boogaloo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 OTOH, this is the most bi-partisan thing done in congress in a long time - voting down the bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 The recent Supreme Court decision that granted corporations and other such entities personhood status does not help. All these politicians now have to take into account the wealth of all these new "citizens" being used against them in their re-election campaigns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 The recent Supreme Court decision that granted corporations and other such entities personhood status does not help. All these politicians now have to take into account the wealth of all these new "citizens" being used against them in their re-election campaigns. I don't buy that - there would always be some other company out there ready to go the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I don't buy that - there would always be some other company out there ready to go the other way. I really don't think we've seen anything yet. And wait until we get multi-national corporations influencing elections for the good of foreign countries. YIPPEE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 F'n election year, what do you expect. They all need to be sent home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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