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ProSense

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9. Doesn't

Reply to bigtree (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 01:00 PM

Dec 2011

"point is, that is the order of votes"

...matter. This is inside political maneuvering, and especially disgusting since McConnell is holding a harmful piece of Republican legislation hostage to try to gain the upper hand.

It's disgusting!

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McConnell blocks vote on GOP payroll tax bill. Fine, Reid says, and blocks vote on spending bill. [View all] bigtree Dec 2011 OP

The ProSense Dec 2011 #1

point is, that is the order of votes bigtree Dec 2011 #3

Doesn't ProSense Dec 2011 #9

I get all of that bigtree Dec 2011 #10

Evidently PatSeg Dec 2011 #2

Yes, they do. They just don't care. All they care about defeating the President. Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2011 #4

And to think PatSeg Dec 2011 #6

Obama said he would veto a bill with the Keystone XL oil pipeline in it. Life Long Dem Dec 2011 #5

worse than that, to pay for their payroll tax reduction bigtree Dec 2011 #7

Good. I'm glad for the block. mmonk Dec 2011 #8