re: #5 rwmofo

Something is fishy here. The Democrat Party currently has large majorities in both houses of congress. If the Republican Party were actually the cause of holding up ensuring these guys, the media/Democrat Party would be all over it. Further, Reid, Pelosi and the President should be out front pushing this.

Something critical is being omitted in this “story” and there are those who are gullible enough to believe that the minority Republican Party is blocking coverage. I’m not that gullible.

Ok - let’s go over US Civics class for those that missed it. A minority can filibuster and that can only be broken (called Cloture) by a super-majority (3/5ths of the Senate or 60 votes). There are 57 Democrats and 2 Independents in the current Senate. That is not enough to stop a filibuster. The GOP announced they would filibuster this vote until they got their tax deal.

Learning, it does a body good…