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In reply to the discussion: ROBERT REICH: The American Dream Has Fallen Apart [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)38. He was far from forced. According to Wyden, Clinton
strong-armed (verbally, not literally) to vote for repeal. Said he wanted it on his desk ASAP. A lot of House Democrats did for it. Would they have done that if Clinton had not urged them? We'll never know. If IIRC, not one Democrat in the Senate voted for it.
So, the urban legend that repeal had a veto-proof majority is also bs. Besides, there is no such thing. Voting to override a Presidential veto is not the same as voting on the bill in the first instance. No one knows what a veto-proof majority is unless and until an override vote is taken. (If you need a link for that, I'll get you one another time. But I've got to sign off for now, so be patient. Thanks).
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America - An Empire Built On Illusion - That Empire And Illusion Is Crumbling
cantbeserious
Mar 2014
#5
"Mobs in the street, calling for someone's head? I've never seen anything like that."
bemildred
Mar 2014
#37
+1. Plutocrats, really, it's the money, it drives them nuts when they have too much.
bemildred
Mar 2014
#15
It is our economic system that sucks, but it's our political system that sets the rules.
reformist2
Mar 2014
#17
All these years shilling for NAFTA, "free trade"...Reich is a hypocrite or an idiot. Which is it?
Romulox
Mar 2014
#14
One major theme should be that we don't need more jobs, we need better paying ones.
reformist2
Mar 2014
#19
"It can also be understood as the greatest propaganda victory radical conservatism ever won"
n2doc
Mar 2014
#22
You mean the present day treadmill goal of trying to achieve the unachievable goal?
Javaman
Mar 2014
#23
He should know. He was economic advisor to the Prez during repeal of Glass Steagall,
merrily
Mar 2014
#31
I call Oscar Mayer. This thread refers to things like NAFTA, repeal of Glass Steagall
merrily
Mar 2014
#53
"Why didn’t we share the gains from globalization and technological advances more broadly?"
gulliver
Mar 2014
#45