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politicat

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34. At this point, with the do nothing house... Gimmicks are what's available.

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 12:45 PM

Sep 2014

I seriously do not know what else the Senate and/or House Dems could do -- go have a sit in on the house floor? Get the NSA to start a blackmail campaign? Take their mascot and hold it for ransom? TP their houses? While I like the first option best, I'm pretty sure that it would be perceived as Dirty Hippy tactics and pilloried.

The House, under the current (lack of) leadership is the model of a completely unmotivated, oppositional defiant fourteen year old. There is no reasoning out of this, no medicating out of this, no threatening out of it. Getting past that behavior is either wait them out, or letting them deal with the consequences of their own actions until they choose to alter their behavior. The difference between the House and a fourteen year old, of course, is power.

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The Democrats� Brilliant Idea for How to Stop Unnecessary Abortion Clinic Regulations [View all] politicat Sep 2014 OP

Sounds like a logical and equitable bill... procon Sep 2014 #1

No. politicat Sep 2014 #7

Sweet! I can't wait until mindwalker_i Sep 2014 #2

And since dental surgery under sedation carries more risk than an early abortion with a local... politicat Sep 2014 #9

No way that will pass the House ... Laelth Sep 2014 #3

Right now, a bill to name a post office barely passes. politicat Sep 2014 #11

The ocean isn't made of liquid cheese? Dr Hobbitstein Sep 2014 #41

It wouldn't pass the Senate either lark Sep 2014 #39

Call it the good for the goose, good for the gander bill gratuitous Sep 2014 #4

Oo. I kinda like it... politicat Sep 2014 #12

Tammy Baldwin represents me! Scuba Sep 2014 #5

It's a really great idea. Control-Z Sep 2014 #6

That's what I said to my sister! Delmette Sep 2014 #15

Because HIPAA regulates healthcare professionals, not the general public. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #44

It would never pass LittleGirl Sep 2014 #8

Well, they DO, but... Bibliovore Sep 2014 #42

If not for the Hastert rule, it might pass. immoderate Sep 2014 #10

Even assuming this passes ... surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #13

They upheld Colorado's bubble law. politicat Sep 2014 #20

It would be very easy to evade dsc Sep 2014 #14

Not so much. politicat Sep 2014 #18

they don't have them now dsc Sep 2014 #19

Actually, getting privileges isn't easy. politicat Sep 2014 #21

I guess it is more involved that I thought dsc Sep 2014 #22

Then there's the on-call portion PuraVidaDreamin Sep 2014 #25

I LOVE my senators, Chris Murphy and Dick Blumenthal! CTyankee Sep 2014 #16

Has the president weighed in on this? Doctor_J Sep 2014 #17

Now getting it past the pukes is the hard part. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #23

Well... Yeah. politicat Sep 2014 #24

Pretty much echoes Judge Posner's opinion... malthaussen Sep 2014 #26

I'm due for a colonoscopy. Jerry442 Sep 2014 #27

With luck, not... politicat Sep 2014 #29

They would have pictures of GOP politicians LynneSin Sep 2014 #30

How about the first thing we do is stop calling them Abortion Clinics LynneSin Sep 2014 #28

I agree - but I'm not the copy editor at Slate. politicat Sep 2014 #31

Did you read my last sentence or just go with the headline of my post LynneSin Sep 2014 #32

The cynic in me says it's an election-year gimmick joeybee12 Sep 2014 #33

At this point, with the do nothing house... Gimmicks are what's available. politicat Sep 2014 #34

Too bad the Senate GOP will filibuster and the House won't touch it. sinkingfeeling Sep 2014 #35

And we have a means of fixing this: help everyone you know register to vote. Prompt them. politicat Sep 2014 #36

This^^^^^ riqster Sep 2014 #43

K & R SunSeeker Sep 2014 #37

call it the Joan Rivers law greymattermom Sep 2014 #38

There are no "necessary regulations" on medical procedures. The medical community does this. ehrnst Sep 2014 #40

This. Word. Preach, sibling! N/t politicat Sep 2014 #45