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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
So, you'd prefer a North Korean style set-up where every politician votes as instructed?
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That makes absolutely no sense. North Korea doesn’t do democracy or votes on anything of any kind, there is no parliamentary democracy in North Korea. It’s one order from above, pure Dictatorship from Kim Jong Un.
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Originally Posted by Mr Banana
Looks like the Republicans offered an extension
Republicans added a sweetener to the bill in the form of a six-year extension to a health insurance programme for children in lower-income families.
But Democrats want this programme extended permanently.
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There was actually no opposition to anything in the bill, it passed in the House but the Senate Democrats, took advantage of the fact that it needed 60 votes to pass. Democrats wanted DACA protections, which is a non budgetary issue.
If this was a majority ruling, Republicans could have passed this, they did have some Democrat support, about 3 or 4 Democrat Senators, including the new Alabama Dem, Doug Jones breaking ranks with Hardline Democrats who oppose everything.
It’s a serious Dysfuction of Government.