The Dangers Of Toxic Politics

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Tampa Bay Online posted an Associated Press article today about the House of Representatives failure to pass a bill to help the first responders of the 9/11 terrorist attacks pay for the health problems they have encountered because of the toxic fumes they breathed in the rescue and cleanup efforts.

There were procedural things done in the process of placing this bill before the House of Representatives that need to be considered in understanding exactly what happened.  (I will be posting more on this bill and what happened as more information becomes available).

Democratic leaders opted to consider the bill under a procedure that blocks any GOP amendments to the bill.  That procedure requires a two-thirds vote for approval rather than a simple majority.  The bill failed to win a two-thirds majority.  The actual vote tally can be found at thomas.gov.  If you look at the tally, you will see that the vote was largely along party lines, although some Republicans voted for it and others voted against it.  Some Democrats voted against it and some voted for it.  The actual vote was 255 for and 159 against, with 18 not voting.

The bottom line here is simple.  Had the bill gone forward in the usual manner and Republicans allowed to make amendments to it, it would have needed a simple majority to pass, and it would have passed.  Because the atmosphere right now in Washington is so toxic, a procedureal maneuver was used by the Democrats to keep Republicans from adding input to the bill.

This is campaign season.  The atmosphere will only get worse.  I am not sure exactly when Congress is going home, but they need to leave now and think about what they are doing to the country.  We need to remember all of this foolishness in November.  There are probably less than ten people in Congress right now that I think deserve to be re-elected in November.  If you have a longer list, I would love to see it!

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