Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:12 PM
Purveyor (29,876 posts)
Sen. Tom Harkin on Senate floor, 'no deal is better deal than the one he is hearing about being
negotiated'...
Senate in 1 hour 10 minute speeches until noon est. http://www.c-span.org/Events/Fiscal-Cliff-Negotiations-Continue-in-Congress/10737436933-1/
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Purveyor | Dec 2012 | OP |
kentuck | Dec 2012 | #1 | |
Purveyor | Dec 2012 | #2 | |
Mass | Dec 2012 | #3 | |
djean111 | Dec 2012 | #4 | |
Faryn Balyncd | Dec 2012 | #5 | |
ananda | Dec 2012 | #6 | |
senseandsensibility | Dec 2012 | #7 | |
Purveyor | Dec 2012 | #8 |
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:14 PM
kentuck (108,798 posts)
1. Harkin is correct but...
he is a liberal Democrat and will be ignored.
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Response to kentuck (Reply #1)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:17 PM
Purveyor (29,876 posts)
2. But he still has 1 vote of the 51 needed. eom
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:19 PM
Mass (27,315 posts)
3. Agreed, but the Democratic party does not care about the poor. They have refocused on the higher
middle class.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:23 PM
djean111 (14,255 posts)
4. I do hope we are not all expected to gasp in wonder and delight at
whatever deal oozes greasily out.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 01:08 PM
Faryn Balyncd (5,125 posts)
5. Thank you for truth, Sen. Harkin.
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 01:11 PM
ananda (27,533 posts)
6. Thank you, Tom Harkin..
.. and Bernie Sanders.
Two good senators anyway. |
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 01:15 PM
senseandsensibility (14,124 posts)
7. Love Tom Harkin
I've been a fan ever since I heard him speak at Paul Wellstone's funeral. He's a true populist.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 01:40 PM
Purveyor (29,876 posts)
8. CSPAN replaying Harkins floor statement now. 12:42p eom