USFREEDOM911 (01-06-2019)
There's this thing called a filibuster that pretty much made that difficult. While the House would pass the bill a ton of times, the bill wouldn't pass the 60 vote limit of the filibuster.
What constantly astounds me is why when both houses were controlled by Ds with a filibuster proof majority in the Senate the Ds didn't pass immigration reform. Even when it was only 1 vote under the filibuster they could have gotten one squishy R to vote with them, surely. Instead they had to go through all that rigamarole to foist a healthcare "plan" that made healthcare unaffordable for middle class folk.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
USFREEDOM911 (01-06-2019)
I went back and re-read where I said BAM, I can see that I interpreted the statement very differently than you did. To me it means the president does not have additional authority simply by saying it’s an emergency, but he does have authority under the constitution to act in an emergency, just not additional authority, it’s simply the authority he always has had under the constitution. Two different things!
USFREEDOM911 (01-06-2019)
Where are you getting this all from? None of it is correct. This is really worth a read for everyone on this board. It will make some really happy and others piss themselves. From a very liberal source by the way:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...powers/576418/
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
USFREEDOM911 (01-06-2019)
There is no national emergency to declare at the border so why would that even be an option?
Phantasmal (01-05-2019)
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
And another one who doesn't bother to read spouts off thinking he knows what was said.
That is one of the reasons the country is so fucked up. We have a "President" who cannot read, cannot tell the truth, and thinks he is a genius, and a population that thinks the same way.
"2Timothy 3 "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away"
So much wrong here one hardly knows where to start.
It was not the filibuster (which had been pretty much eliminated as a legislative tool) it was McConnells refusal to bring issues up for a vote.
And it was not Obamacare that drove up the price of healthcare. It was the Republicans refusal to work with the Dems to fix the problems of Obamacare. Instead they set on a course to destroy it even though it was originally their idea.
"2Timothy 3 "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away"
Funny how you again demonstrate how fucking dumb you are.
I said "who cannot read, cannot tell the truth, and thinks he is a genius", then there is this comma, and I added "a population that thinks the same way."
You see little dog fucker, it is fools like you that think as Trump does. You "think" you are a genius, you cannot tell the truth, and you obviously cannot comprehend what you read.
Not a word about ones political persuasion.
"2Timothy 3 "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away"
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