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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)1/04/2011 6:34:47 am PST

re: #77 RogueOne

Actually blocking it wouldn’t be politics as usual. You’ll notice that’s a straight up-and-down vote, not a cloture vote.

There are often cases where Democrats or Republicans will vote against a bill because they know that it will pass anyway and they’re puffing themselves up. That’s politics as normal.

Actually blocking the passage of needed bills isn’t politics as usual.