badger
9/23/2011, 01:51 PM
If you haven't heard by now, linky (http://newsok.com/senate-blocks-house-disaster-aid-bill/article/feed/299642?custom_click=headlines_widget)
In a tit-for-tat battle, the Senate first used a near party-line vote of 59-36 to derail the measure from the Republican-run House. The House bill would fund federal agencies and provide $3.7 billion in disaster assistance, partly paying for that aid with cuts in two loan programs that finance technological development.
Then, Senate Republicans refused to let the chamber vote on a compromise offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that was similar to the House version but lacked the loan program cuts. A vote on Reid's measure was set for Monday afternoon, but Republicans seemed likely to prevail because Democrats would need 60 votes to win — exceeding the 53 votes they have.
This reminds me of when a bunch of people campaigned to vote against Tulsa's river tax. They won. And what do you get for winning?
Nothing.
Nothing happened because you won.
Hooray, nothing.
In a tit-for-tat battle, the Senate first used a near party-line vote of 59-36 to derail the measure from the Republican-run House. The House bill would fund federal agencies and provide $3.7 billion in disaster assistance, partly paying for that aid with cuts in two loan programs that finance technological development.
Then, Senate Republicans refused to let the chamber vote on a compromise offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that was similar to the House version but lacked the loan program cuts. A vote on Reid's measure was set for Monday afternoon, but Republicans seemed likely to prevail because Democrats would need 60 votes to win — exceeding the 53 votes they have.
This reminds me of when a bunch of people campaigned to vote against Tulsa's river tax. They won. And what do you get for winning?
Nothing.
Nothing happened because you won.
Hooray, nothing.