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30 Jan 2009 09:40 am
A Republican Death Spiral?
Nate Silver notices something I hadn't:
It's not just the goose egg that the House Republicans laid on the
Democratic stimulus package yesterday: Boehner's Boys have been equally
uncooperative on other matters. Case in point: a bill yesterday to delay the transition to digital TV. This measure was approved unanimously by the Senate; every Senate Republican gave it the green light. But 155 out of 178
House Republicans voted against it, which resulted in the measure's
defeat since a two-thirds majority would have been required for passage
under the House's suspension of the rules.
Or, take the
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a seemingly fairly popular/populist (if not
inscrutable) piece of legislation on gender-based pay discrepancies.
This was something that Barack Obama whacked John McCain on
on the campaign trail, with McCain offering little rebuttal. In the
Senate, five Republicans -- out of 41 -- voted with the Administration
on Ledbetter, including all four Republican women. In the House, just three Republicans did -- out of 178.
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