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Old 30th December 2012, 06:58 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Dancing David View Post
This sets up a situation where the HoR is not going to 'play ball' with the POTUS, unlike when Tip O'Neil and Reagan cut deals, for example.
I keep comparing the way those people acted with the way things go today.
The old way was better.


By the way, I'm not advocating a Constitutional amendment to prevent this sort of thing. I just wish people realized what was really going on here. Do they understand that there's a plan that has the support of enough members of Congress to win the vote, but the leadership has decided that they will not allow that vote to take place?
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