Simple Majority vs needing 60 votes

January 22, 2018, 10:57 AM

Phantom229

Why the hell can't people figure this out?!? Yes, the Republicans have more Senators in the Senate than the Democrats but that's not how things go down in the Senate. Stupid fucks saying "Well the Republicans control the House and Senate, why can't they get anything done?!?" Because they need 9 Democrats!! And of course the Democrats will oppose anything the Republicans try to pass. So who is responsible for the shut down? You guessed it, the Dems...

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January 22, 2018, 11:23 AM

Phantom229

quote:
Originally posted by Otto Pilot:
When people don't understand their own government.

Did you hear about how the US is a Democracy?

That's another one of my favorites.

January 22, 2018, 11:24 AM

PHPaul

quote:
Originally posted by Otto Pilot:
When people don't understand their own government.

Did you hear about how the US is a Democracy?

Some of the most precious looks I get (and given my rather blunt personality, I get a lot) are the ones when I declare that the United States is NOT a Democracy. I've given up trying to explain the difference.

Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.

January 22, 2018, 11:25 AM

CD228

When you are being force fed a narrative on all channels the truth sometimes gets drowned out.

Don't forget that no all Republicans or Democrats voted their party line.

January 22, 2018, 11:33 AM

djpaintles

quote:
Originally posted by Otto Pilot:
Did you hear about how the US is a Democracy?

Yup, America is NOT a Democracy.

The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic. People really should learn about and understand the difference..........dj

Remember, this is all supposed to be for fun...................

January 22, 2018, 02:48 PM

Rey HRH

People don't really care to figure it out.

People believe the Republicans are causing the shutdown.

I say wait, when the Republicans were in the minority, they caused the shutdown. Now they're the majority, they still cause the shutdown?

Liberals say the Republicans are holding up the spending bill and stopping pay for the military. I say no, the Democrats are holding up the spending bill because they want to include a portion for illegal aliens under DACA. Democrats are willing to screw over the American government for the sake of illegal aliens.

But do they get it? NOOOO....!

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January 22, 2018, 03:27 PM

JALLEN

Even some Senators seem confused, claiming the Republicans control both houses.

I can understand media dufuses saying stupid things, out of ignorance or extreme partisanship, but a Senator really needs to up his, or her, game. Don’t they have stupid study for Senators?

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

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January 22, 2018, 05:39 PM

egregore

quote:
Why the hell can't people figure this out?!?

These are the same people that think if Trump is impeached it will make HRC president.

January 22, 2018, 06:09 PM

Elk Hunter

quote:
Don’t they have stupid study for Senators?

Sure they do. They study it, that is why they are so freaking stupid!

They take lessons on it.

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January 22, 2018, 07:28 PM

Gustofer

There is nothing in the Constitution addressing a 60 vote majority in the Senate. It is an antiquated rule and nobody seems to know why it was ever put in place.

Get rid of it.

The country is a republic. The House and the Senate are not. Simple majorities in both chambers are what was intended by the founders and are what is needed again.