re: #199 Obdicut

What game with procedure? I have no clue what this argument even is. They bundled bills together. That’s not playing with procedure. Especially since each bill should pass under their own merits.

I agreed with Lawhawk’s assessment, and look, here it is!

re: #53 lawhawk

So you think that the Democrats are blameless here? Sorry, but I think that they were playing procedural games too. They wanted to bring this up to show that the GOP is a bunch of bigots (and they got their desired result), but if they wanted to pass the underlying bill without amendments, they could have gotten bipartisan support.

Such is the way Congress has always done business. Both sides of the aisle have used the rules to their advantage to push legislation and their agendas.

That’s not magical fairy balance. That’s the history of Congress.

I don’t have any problem whatsoever with the DREAM act, and in no way have I defended Republicans on this.

I have a problem when the Dems are called to task as well, and the stilly “magical balance fairy” is brought out as a counter-argument. It’s silly.