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Jack: The Buffet Rule : Democrats :: Obamacare : Republicans.

Posted by spamlet Jun 11 '14, 10:57

How many times has it been put into bills? How many votes are we going to have on it?

The Democrats can't be seriously trying to pass any bill that they attach the rule to just like Republicans can't be serious about passing any bill that they attach a repeal of Obamacare to.

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the best hotels have the best buffets -- nm - peglegpete Jun 11, 11:24
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- I have nothing against the policies themselves, simply saying that claiming they blocked a bill when the Dems specifically put in a policy - spamlet Jun 11, 11:27 4
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  - I love how you pretend this had any chance of passing regardless of whether or not the Buffett Rule was attached. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 11:29 2
    - Unfortunately, we'll never know because they torpedoed their own bill. -- nm - Jim Jun 11, 11:32 1
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That's a good question. How many times *has* the Buffett Rule actually come up for a vote? - znufrii Jun 11, 11:02 9
- Because of the filibuster rules, that's probably correct it's not exactly apples to oranges. -- nm - spamlet Jun 11, 11:04 8
  - in any case, putting something to a vote that has 60-70% public support is 100% politics and not at all an attempt at serious governance. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 11:11 7
    - Are you saying Obamacare has 60-70% public support? -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 11, 12:15 3
      - I'm saying that. And I'm also saying that people who quote polls like this do so at their own peril. - Imperator Jun 11, 12:26
      - I was referring to the Buffett Rule -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 12:20 1
        
        Ah, ok. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 11, 12:25
    - Not when you know that it's going to kill the entire thing. - spamlet Jun 11, 11:19 2
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      - who's claiming to be shocked? -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 11:21

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