Keep voting anti-LGBT, Republicans. It’s going over really well with younger generations.
Wasn’t even close, who the hell let this go up to a vote when it was going to lose by this much.
I believe that would be the most effective House Speaker since John Boner, right?
The GOP-controlled House on Thursday was unable to pass an energy and water spending bill after a Democratic amendment to the legislation protecting some LGBT workers from discrimination was added to the bill Wednesday night.
The bill failed 112-305 with 130 Republicans voting against the bill and only 6 Democrats voting to pass the spending measure.
“Oooh look, an attack ad against the GOP”
So, what’s the reason the Dems can’t just add this amendment to every bill they don’t want to pass? Why hasn’t this same thing (or something else GOTPers can’t stand, like funding SNAP) being done every time they vote to repeal Obamacaer?
Simple answer: The Democrats are just too stupid to realize that using GOP tactics against them is acceptable political behavior. The GOP and Blue Dog Democrats added the individual mandate to the ACA and took out the single payer option to appease the GOP, instead of embracing universal healthcare without GOP support. Yet the GOP has crippled this nation with hostage politics and pandering policies for their corporate handlers with little argument from the Dems who seem to think capitulation and compromise are the same thing. Maybe the Dems in Congress are beginning to see the light, but somehow I am not holding out much hope anymore from that crowd of Dem Blue Dogs led by Pelosi and Reid.
Getting monotonous, please proceed, bigots, thieves, misogynists…
If Ryan didn’t see it before, he certainly does now.
He’s run right into a brick wall called the Freedom Caucus. Looks like the House GOP establishment savior will go down with his ship.
You’re a miserable fellow.
Yes, my question was actually an honest one.
I know Harry Reid is just plain weak, and he values his Senate comity over the actual governing of the nation, but I’d always heard that in the House, the Minority was essentially completely helpless.
Obviously that isn’t the case. So I don’t understand why we don’t see this more often.
I enjoy me some Ryan-bashing as much as the next guy.
But holy shit Steve Scalise…isn’t it like your job to count votes before things like this come to the floor? How many now have you blown-it like this in your whole 6 months of tenure? I get that math is considered a crime by the right. but holy crap…how much more do you plan on embarrassing yourself this month? By all means carry on, but my popcorn budget is hurting right now.
well it seems ryan like bohner is very very very bad at his job…hahahahahahahaahahahahaha
Can we talk about another house, the one the Obama family is slated to move into post presidency? So much more pleasant that a house full of whack jobs.
I’d like to see congress pass some LGBT protections, but I HATE the process of adding unrelated amendments to bills. It adds so much confusion, how is anyone who doesn’t have a lot of time to research the specifics supposed to know who supported what particular part of a bill?
Poison pills are a whole other problem because the person who submits it then has to vote against it. That makes the average voter say, “Wait, what?” (to the extent they get that information), and that’s why we get so much of the “pox on both their houses.”
There’s no way congress can hold separate votes on every item, so I understand the point of amendments, but god knows they have time to separate things a bit more and hold votes on sets of relevant items. I thoroughly expect this rule to be considered approximately never.
New Speaker of the House just a fu*king inept and useless as the Old Speaker of the House.
The legacy continues…
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You’re bound to find some people agreeing with your assessment of various elected Democrats, but that only means that you and they are wrong.
This bill’s failure is a good thing. The rest of the world should not get the idea the U.S. government incorporates basic human rights in their calculus when awarding contracts for products or services rendered to the taxpayers. We have a reputation to uphold.
The obstruction shoe is on the other foot, Paul. How does it feel to experience what you and your party have done to the Democrats for the last seven years? Doesn’t feel good, does it?
I have no pity for you and your agenda. None.
“The bill failed 112-305 with 130 Republicans voting against the bill and only 6 Democrats voting to pass the spending measure.”
I don’t understand, why did so few Dems vote for it? It kind of waters down the Repubs are anti-LGBT argument (which I’m assuming was the reason for adding the amendment to begin with) if even Dems overwhelmingly didn’t vote for it, doesn’t it? Wouldn’t it have been better to have it fail with overwhelming Dem support and be able to cleanly show that the Repubs voted it down because they’re anti-LGBT?
What am I missing? Serious question.