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Originally Posted by stoneric
You know the democrats couldn't even get some privacy provisions put in the disgusting Patriot Act because they knew they couldn't get the 60 vote supermajority that is now needed to pass any legislation.
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I call bullshit.
"The House of Representatives narrowly averted allowing the US Patriot Act to expire, abandoning all the proposed privacy provisions to the bill and approving it exactly as worded by the Senate in a vote earlier this week. Parts of Patriot Act would have expired Sunday, but passed through the Senate without debate."
"The vote, incredibly enough titled the “Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act,” passed 315-97. The bill was so named because Senate Democrats inserted the Patriot Act’s extension into a Medicare reform bill."
Who voted yea, nay and those who didn't vote... by party.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll067.xml
The House voted 315 to 97 to extend the USA Patriot Act.
(60% is only 247 votes)
So much for the party of no and "transparency".
Ain't it funny how some people will buy the good guy/bad guy horse shit?
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Last edited by Entity; 02-28-2010 at 09:10 PM.
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