01-25-2012, 6:20pm
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Originally Posted by Joecooool
On December 7, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor indefinitely postponed a scheduled markup of the legislation. The bill currently has 235 co-sponsors- 153 Democrats and 82 Republicans. A bill needs 218 votes for passage by the House of Representatives.
Government Reform
This bill had enough support and co-sponsors to PASS had it finished going through the process and gone to voting, but Eric Cantor prevented any voting to occur by indefinitely postponing it.
This should be front page. How are we allowing him to override the majority of congress? Blockading the democratic process. We should be absolutely outraged at this. This should be the headline across all media. |
Calm down, Joe.
It's not like he and a bunch of Republicans fled the state to avoid a vote on an issue that would likely have an outcome they wouldn't like.
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