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NYT Exposes Tea Party Extremism

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SixDegrees2/16/2010 11:10:48 am PST

re: #184 SanFranciscoZionist

Wait, I thought there was NO EXCUSE for the Democrats not doing anything they cared to do, on account of the supermajority. Now you tell us there’s more to it than that?

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cliffster is incorrect here. Party chairs are awarded to the majority party, by seniority. It’s true that many bills die in committee, but the minority party has little say over such results. At best, they can, to a limited extent, delay progress through committee, but not indefinitely and not for very long, for that matter.