Actually, Jim Bunning was not a nay vote. He did not vote at all. But your count of 60-39-1 is correct. What would have been Kennedy's vote was made by Paul Kirk (D), who was appointed to fill his seat until Scott Brown was sworn in.
And it's easily verifiable if you go to senate.gov to view the vote tally that fugonn has the numbers exactly right and you are wrong. For the better part of the first two years of President Obama's term the Republicans had only 40 Senators. It takes 41 to filibuster. In case you got poor grades in math, that is one short for the Republicans to block ANYTHING. The only way a filibuster was possible prior to Scott Brown officially taking office was if one of the two Independents (Liebermann or Sanders), or at least one Democrat were to side with the Republicans. The vote on the ACA was 58 yea from the Democrats, 2 yeas from the Independents, and 39 nay from the Republicans. Even if Senator Bunning had voted, and voted nay, it would have only been 40 votes against. There is not one thing that the Democrats wanted that they could have not included except for the fact that there were Democrat Senators that had to be bribed and/or coerced to get what they got. Like it or not, you are demonstrably wrong in your assertions.
I love getting TD's from people who would rather cling to their ignorance than acknowledge that they cannot actually support their position. It's one of the reasons I laugh my arse off every time some article comes out touting how educated people in the Seattle area supposedly are.
I love getting TD's from people who would rather cling to their ignorance than acknowledge that they cannot actually support their position. It's one of the reasons I laugh my arse off every time some article comes out touting how educated people in the Seattle area supposedly are.
What are you talking about? What would prevent someone here in the US from receiving this same treatment?
Really? Is that so? Upon what do you base that assertion? What would stop anyone in the US from receiving this same treatment?
And if any of these nitwit "leaders" doesn't think a crazy person could walk into a crowded cafe with a baseball bat, crowbar, chainsaw, machete, can of gasoline with matches, etc. and kill 5 people they are morons. Actually, they are morons anyway, but laws generally don't stop criminals or the insane from doing harm.
As I understand it, he was charged with DV, but the charges were later dropped. Being charged with DV would not impact the ability to own a firearm or get a CPL, but a conviction would.
Lawrence Taylor was 237. Care to reconsider your comment?
Same as beer and wine, 6:00am until 2:00 am.
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