Rachel Maddow had a deal on today where she listed GOP Senator and Congressman, one after the other, who voted no to the stimulus package, calling it terrible for America - who then took credit in their districts for the stimulus funds they received, saying how many jobs it would produce, how wonderful the stimulus was, etc.
I have no respect at all left for the GOP. In the world of political spin, putting their own self-interest above country, they have set the all-time new low.
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Senate Republicans made a persuasive case for abolishing or reforming the filibuster on Tuesday night when they blocked a routine nomination to the National Labor Relations Board that had been held up since April.
The GOP was joined by Democrats Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas in defeating President Obama's nominee, Craig Becker, by a vote of 52-33. The 52 votes were in favor of Becker, while the 33 were in opposition. In today's Senate, that's enough to block a nominee.
"I'm in my thirty-sixth year. I've never seen anything like it," said Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), noting that no previous Republican Senate leader would have allowed his party to filibuster such a routine nomination.
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02-09-2010, 11:41 PM
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