As appalling as the likely DREAM Act defeat will be, the Food Safety bill, which took decades of dogged advocacy to create, is likely going down since it was attached to the Omnibus bill that Reid withdrew. They may try to reattach it to something else, but all it will take to block that is the objection of one senator–and the odious Tom Coburn from the meat state of Oklahoma is likely to do that. So a doctor will be responsible for more food deaths that will inevitably occur. So add more sick food poisoned kids to those poor kids who won’t be able to go to college. Charming country we live in.

I have an update on that. They’re trying to attach it to the continuing resolution.

Maybe one of those families with a $10 million dollar inheritance might find it in their heart to forgo the extra BMW and sponsor a college education for one of these children.

But I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Breaking! Michelle Bachmann named to Intelligence Committee! Seriously…

I’m shocked Shocked I say that the Senate is unable to get sixty votes on a piece of legislation that is supposed to be a pretzeldential priority

or not.

a most ironic appointment

Perhaps he can “Compromise” away something else important to us.

As appalling as the likely DREAM Act defeat will be, the Food Safety bill, which took decades of dogged advocacy to create, is likely going down since it was attached to the Omnibus bill that Reid withdrew.

Zillionaires don’t need a frackin Food Saftey Act, when there’s going to plenty of serfs around to be food tasters for them… and the serfs will work for the small crumbs of food they get to taste…

Anything that Arne Duncan is doing falls under the header of “Kabuki Show.”

Arne Duncan picture is next to the word Kabuki

Like our 1st Amendment rights! Or net-neutrality.

He isn’t compromising away anything. Everything he has done has been EXACTLY what he wanted done.

Think Occam’s Razor.

Awww… Bob Shrum has a warm fuzzy for all of the Republicans in Congress now. NOW we’re going to get things done! Where do they find these brainless morons?

The party of NO is going to start saying yes all of a sudden. Why? Because that’s what Shrum WANTS them to do. The reality is they’ll disappoint the shit out of him.

I personally hope democrats obstruct EVERYTHING.

I’ve been hearing some very bad things about this bill. Like regulations on supplements and not really doing what it saying it does and stuff like that.
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Really why should they care about our “health” when they’re going to starve us to death and cut Medicare and Medicaid?

It’s because he’s afraid people will be mean to Obama if when the Republicans continue to obstruct everything that Obama wants. What a clown.

I thought this was part of the deal to get all the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for the wealthy? along with DADT repealed? NO?

Pretty funny

Using the term “party discipline” when referring to Senate Democrats would be a joke if I were able to laugh about anything any more.

Unfortunately, there are no rules or requirements for membership in the Democratic party. Any crook or charlatan can claim to be a Democrat and use party resources to help fund their elections, only to turn around and vote as a Republican on every issue which matters. The Back-stabbers Squad you have named (Baucus, Nelson, Conrad, Landrieu, et al.) should already have been expelled from the party for their conniving and conspiring with the right-wing to sabotage important votes. THAT would be something approaching party discipline. Instead, the Democrats continue to treat party traitors as respected colleagues and dump millions into backing their reelection bids, even when they are clearly hopeless (e.g., Blanche Lincoln).

We either need a new Progressive party, or we need the Progressive Caucus to seize control of the Democratic party and instill some discipline where there presently is none. New Rule #1: If you vote against the party on core issues, YOU’RE OUT!!

You just know they won’t. they obstructed their own bills.

True. They don’t obstruct anything offered by a Republican.

See – HCR.

It enfuriates me that we gave the legislative and administrative branches of government a liberal mandate and they’ve done NOTHING. They squandered a two year opportunity to make real change in this country. Change that we demanded. Obama won in a freaking landslide by campaigning on PROGRESSIVE change. And we’ve been regressive instead.

FML.

The Republican Party’s main critics of the repeal opposed it on the basis, essentially – but with some room for theoretical extrapolation of intent – that allowing gays to serve openly in the military would somehow put troops at risk. The “gays,” according to their baseless arguments, would jeopardize every mission by their flamboyant waving of purple feather boas and their high-stepped marching to the facile choruses of Lady Gaga through the rocky hillsides of Afghanistan. While the “gays” pranced around in Speedos and skin-tight mesh tanktops, the “real” service members would be putting their lives on the line to fight against the guerilla insurgents who seek nothing but to destroy the liberties of the freest nation on earth. – MuddyPolitics.com

Probably the biggest waste of opportunity in the history of electoral politics.

It really is something at how big and sweeping a mandate they had and we got…. The Lilly Ledbetter Act.

And the right wing courts will likely strike that down…

That didn’t take long. The front pagers over at the orange Satan are spinning like mad to make the Rich people Giveaway Act look like the best thing since sliced bread. Meteor Blades says it’s a win while Jed talks in terms of “tax cuts stimulus”. I expected them to eventually roll over but they might have broken something doing it so fast.

I still can’t see how people can claim “stimulus” with a straight face when this is mostly extending current policy.

In fact, due to the fact the $400/$800 Make Work Pay credit was shelved in favor of the 2% FICA holiday, one could almost make the argument that this is LESS stimulative than current policy because it will actually lower the benefit of the lower income earners, and it’s with them that tax cuts are the MOST stimulative.

I still can’t see how people can claim “stimulus” with a straight face when this is mostly extending current policy.

Because the most important thing to them is to make sure that Barack Obama (D) Heaven is never criticized. Ever.

You need to reduce your time over there, Margaret.
It is simply not healthy, the Orangerie.

Fifty million taxpayers’ first January paychecks will make Barack Obama look to be the liar he is. Mitch McConnell and John Boehner too, but since no one knows who they are, the shit is gonna come down on Obama’s head.

I wonder if people will take to the streets.