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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRepublican-led House bails out.
Leaving these three pieces of business undone - Farm bill, Violence Against Women act, continued funding for government operations - among others.
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Republican-led House bails out. (Original Post)
pinto
Sep 2012
OP
They have not done anything for 2 years why would they do any work now .........
Angry Dragon
Sep 2012
#2
valerief
(53,235 posts)1. Criminals. nt
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. They have not done anything for 2 years why would they do any work now .........
1GirlieGirl
(261 posts)3. Exactly!
They're fuckin thieves. They're getting paid to do NOTHING. They take their bloated salaries and their first-class medical coverage and say FUCK YOU AMERICA!
Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)4. Hey Obama, call them back into session.
The Constitution lets you do that.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)5. Then they'll put that in an ad. "Look at what Obama hasn't done!"
We really need to vote these twerps out.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)6. It's too bad the authority for executive orders on these things is kinda murky
because otherwise, if I were Obama, I'd immediately issue two executive orders for the farm bill and VAWA.
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Desperado_6569
(14 posts)8. Just because Obama calls them into session...
...doesn't mean any of them are going to come back to D.C. They are all out campaigning. They would just spin it as them taking a stand against "socialism" to please their base.