Yurt
Gold Member
Republicans filibustered it because the Dems wouldn't allow them to add anything else to it...
that is not true...this is the same crap dems pulled last summer
if the dems wanted to help them so badly, stop playing fucking games with the bills and bring them up in normal rule sessions...
its the dems playing politics and only idiots fall for it and blame the pubs
Oh, it certainly is true. But you're right, it is a game.
Everything in politics is a game. Do I think the Dems were really trying to help first responders? Of course not, they're doing to score political points. The Republicans filibustered it because the Dems wouldn't let them play games too - like adding a rider that all first responders must submit to a citizenship test before getting benefits, or adding an anti-abortion rider.
I don't care about that though, because the "game" that Democrats were playing would have gotten a lot of money to a lot of people that really need it, and deserve it. There's nothing more admirable that a man can do than running into a burning building.
And the Republican "game" stopped it.
then the dems should have allowed regular debate and amendments...you have no clue if the pubs only wanted to add something...perhaps they wanted amendments to take something away
if the dems and pubs really cared, this bill would be by the rules and be solely about the first responders...this bullshit game has been played since summer and it appears the dems are using it as fodder to bash repubs by falsely proclaiming they don't care about first responders