Patriot Act extension fails procedural vote

Post #339,577 by jay 2/9/11 9:44:49 AM Reply	Patriot Act extension fails procedural vote http://www.rawstory....ails-house-floor/ A plan that would have seen the House of Representatives extend controversial provisions of the PATRIOTAct with little debate failed Tuesday night, as a group of Republicans joined a majority of Democrats in voting no. The House voted 277 to 148 for the PATRIOT Act extension -- 23 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass it under a procedure that allows bills that aren't controversial to pass quickly. This won't stop it from getting passed in the end, they won't have any trouble scrapping together the majority vote they need to pass it. What I find interesting is the make up of the group opposing it, Tea Party Republicans and the more liberal Democrats siding together on anything makes for an odd couple. Jay
Post #339,583 by mhuber 2/9/11 3:27:00 PM Reply	Could this mean that some of the Tea Party candidates actually believe in something and aren't just Repos on meth? That would be very cool, even if the things they believe in are mostly questionable. Might be nice to have some people in office that actually want to reduce the power of the government, not just move it back and forth between the bedroom and boardroom while constantly enlarging the parts they like. But I'm sure the GOP borg will assimilate them before long. --------------------------------------- I think it's perfectly clear we're in the wrong band. (Tori Amos)
Post #339,606 by jay 2/9/11 9:38:41 PM Reply	I tend to feel the same way In general I don't like the positions of the Tea party types, but I do have to give them credit for at least believing in something. Too many of the body of both main stream parties don't believe in anything except getting elected. Jay
Post #339,584 by SpiceWare 2/9/11 3:39:22 PM Reply	Ah, that explains Napolitano's latest http://edition.cnn.c...threat/index.html

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