Senate Amendment 1465, designed to temporarily extend
payroll tax cuts for two months, passed the Senate on December 17th. The House does not plan to pass this
amendment (nor do they plan to reject it).
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said the following on MSLSD last
night… “I mean, logic would tell you a bill passing the Senate 89 to 10 would
be able to pass the House."
Really? Well, I guess I can take
a few minutes to explain Congress to you, Debbie. I am after all almost done with my associate’s
degree.
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| No Debbie. I said bicamERal. |
First off Debbie, if the two houses were supposed to agree
on everything I don’t think the Founders would have bothered with the whole “bicameral”
idea. But you see they understood that
states have different interests; some that affect the state government, some
that affect the people. Hence, two
chambers of legislation with different bottom line goals. This is actually a perfect example of why
there are two legislatures and a reconciliation process. It’s in the Constitution. I have an extra copy if you need one.
Second, each legislative chamber has different overarching
responsibilities. The Senate is
concerned more with foreign policy while the House is concerned more with
taxation. Now as a result of this, wouldn’t
it make sense that the House may have different ideas than the Senate on a bill
that affects taxation? I’m sort of amazed
your peers never told you about this.
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| This picture reminds me of you Debbie. Fruity and unbalanced! |
Third, you may have missed this, but the House and Senate
are controlled by different parties.
Yes, some Republicans voted to pass the bill in the Senate, but some
Democrats voted to reject it as well. By
your logic since 49 Democrats voted to pass the amendments then the other two
should have also… but they didn’t. You’re
comparing apples and oranges in one store to mangos and coconuts in
another.
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| I wish I had presidential veto power... |
You're implying that the House didn’t even need to read the bill much less vote on it. The Senate passed it (by the way, that’s the
same Senate you referred to as “dysfunctional” in the same interview), so you
say the House should pass it also? That’s not
how it works and you know it. Heck, you're saying the president doesn’t require veto power because if it’s on his desk then
BOTH houses passed it and therefore he should as well. Why haven’t you
slammed Harry Reid for refusing to even allow votes in the Senate on bills that have sailed through
the House of Representatives?
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| Congrats Debbie! You dethroned Pelosi... ditz. |
You know what logic would tell me? That a president with a strong disapproval
rating of 39 percent and a strong approval rating of only 21 percent would not be reelected,
yet that’s the guy you are backing in 2012,
Debbie. Please, it is blatantly obvious
that your interview on MSDNC was nothing more than you taking a couple pot
shots at the right. You missed. Keep your weak talking-point propaganda to
yourself. Your lesson is over, go to
recess... and feel free to stay there.
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Using Debbie Wasserman Schultz as your whipping boy (girl?) in this instance is simply criticizing a Dem just to criticize a Dem. You would expect her to make the comments she made as a member of the loyal opposition. The GOP does it all the time; where's your outrage about that?
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that you'd be going after a whole different set of critics. How about Karl Rove, John McCain, Bob Corker, and the editorial board of the very conservative Wall Street Journal, and a host of GOP senators and representatives, ALL of whom have told John Boehner to get this two month extension done. Within the last hour, Mitch McConnell came out to say the same thing.
And quite frankly, I hope Boehner stands his ground; it will bring down the GOP house next year if he does. And remember, it's not just me saying that, it's a good number of the conservative members of the house and senate.
Time to climb down out of Debbie's butt.
Well, what do you know? http://thehill.com/homenews/house/201081-house-republicans-cave-agree-to-two-month-tax-bill
ReplyDelete*SIGH* REALLY FRANK?
ReplyDeleteAs so often seems to be the case, your comments ignore the topic. You have once again simply tried to shift focus without addressing the issue on the table (in this case, Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s stupid comment). The first of the many logical fallacies you’ve committed is a Red Herring… you’ve sidetracked the issue at hand to a different issue. However, I will humor your reply.
First and foremost, I could have told you before I wrote the above blog that Boehner would fold. That’s what he does. Every time. As far as Mitch McConnell’s pressure on Boehner, that gave John the out he needed. Although he still takes a small hit to his pride and credibility, now he can at least say he backed off out of respect for his colleague in the Senate.
Now with that said, in your mind does the fact that there are Republicans who do what Schultz did make it OK that that she did it? That is your second logical fallacy. It’s called Tu Quoque, which means you’re defending against the accusation by making the same accusation. Next, you Appeal to False Authority by citing Karl Rove and the editors of the WSJ as authorities on the question at hand. (I would like to point out that in making your defense, you have implied that Bob Corker, John McCain, Karl Rove, the WSJ editorial staff, and Mitch McConnell are all competent authorities to whom we should listen…) Your final fallacy is just a dash of ad hominem when you question my impartiality, “where's your outrage about that?”
Since we’re diverging from the topic I have a couple questions for you…
Who in their right mind thinks a 60-day extension is a good idea when taxes and finances are based on quarters and years?
Why isn’t anyone attacking Harry Reid for refusing to put the bill the House passed for a 12-MONTH extension up for a vote in the Senate? (This is a normal activity for Reid, and you call Republicans obstructionists?)
Are you aware that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a co-sponsor of the SOPA bill? Maybe it’s time you climb up in Debbie’s butt…