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We kept our powder dry. Pab Sungenis May 2013 #1
How? Because we have Democratic Leaders exemplified by, for example, Ed Rendell PCIntern May 2013 #2
Filibuster Abuse: Only One Side Does It. HughBeaumont May 2013 #3
Evidently the Democratic leadership had major osteoporosis of the spinal column. hobbit709 May 2013 #4
the tax cuts only needed 50 votes dsc May 2013 #5
It would have only took 40 votes to have allowed all of those cuts to expire as scheduled. dawg May 2013 #17
that was under Obama by that time dsc May 2013 #18
My point is that numbers have never been our problem. dawg May 2013 #20
the fact is many liberals disagree with us on the tax cuts dsc May 2013 #21
Taxes should be high enough to fund the needs of the nation ... dawg May 2013 #23
Only took him 4 short months to get his tax cuts for the rich. RandiFan1290 May 2013 #6
And don't forget the draconian changes to the bankruptcy laws that are now wreaking havoc JDPriestly May 2013 #11
Democrats believe in Democracy, Republicans do not. tridim May 2013 #7
Issues and policies those Dems agreed with that ass on, was destructive to democracy. nt boston bean May 2013 #8
51-49 is Democracy, 40-60 is not. hobbit709 May 2013 #9
So if... doggie breath May 2013 #24
The short answer is that sometimes there was blocking, sometimes there were deals, sometimes... CBHagman May 2013 #10
Ahem... Fumesucker May 2013 #12
Third Way/DLC, war hawks and alsame May 2013 #13
Democrats and republicans playing for the same team ~ the 1%. Zorra May 2013 #14
"Bill Frist never had 60 votes. Bill Frist never cared." Nye Bevan May 2013 #15
That's the problem in a nutshell. senseandsensibility May 2013 #16
Because the problem isn't just Obama. dawg May 2013 #19
Bush passed his war, and did reconciliation for his tax cut Recursion May 2013 #22
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