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    One Congressman who voted against the override: Alaska's Don Young.

    Young said in a statement he could not support the bill because of "the risk it poses to our national security and the safety of American military and intelligence personnel, diplomats and other Americans serving our country overseas."

    "Many have made this vote about overriding the president, rather than an examination of policy," Young said. His concerns "outweighed the politics of delivering President Obama his first veto override," he said
    Don Young is sounding like the smart guy in the room. Don Young. WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot is wrong with the rest?
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      Congress has the power of the purse, except when the executive end runs it. The person who thought of it should get a large cash award and an promotion into a safe job.

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...392_story.html

      Briefly, the administration wants to use the Judgment Fund to pay the insurers.

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        Mitch McConnell is blaming Obama for not "warning" them about the 9/11 lawsuit bill


        "Everybody was aware of who the potential beneficiaries were but nobody really had focused on the downside in terms of our international relationships," McConnell said.

        Too busy wanting to finally stick it to Obama to realize what you've done.
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        • Originally posted by bronconick View Post
          Mitch McConnell is blaming Obama for not "warning" them about the 9/11 lawsuit bill


          "Everybody was aware of who the potential beneficiaries were but nobody really had focused on the downside in terms of our international relationships," McConnell said.

          Too busy wanting to finally stick it to Obama to realize what you've done.
          That's literally why he vetoed it. McConnell is a farking farkstick.

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          • Originally posted by unofan View Post
            That's literally why he vetoed it. McConnell is a farking farkstick.
            Except every D except Harry, Bernie, and Tim voted to override the veto. If the GOP had a super majority then you could lay the blame strictly on their feet. Not this time.
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            • Originally posted by joecct View Post
              Except every D except Harry, Bernie, and Tim voted to override the veto. If the GOP had a super majority then you could lay the blame strictly on their feet. Not this time.
              He's not blaming the Dems generally, he's blaming Obama specifically. And Obama specifically vetoed this bill because of its potential impact on international relations.

              You are completely wrong.
              Last edited by unofan; 09-30-2016, 02:12 AM.

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                Originally posted by unofan View Post
                He's not blaming the Dems generally, he's blaming Obama specifically. And Obama specifically vetoed this bill because of its potential impact on international relations.

                You are completely wrong.
                Yeah but Obama. And reasons. ===> And why Trump is one step from the Oval Office.

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                  Originally posted by unofan View Post
                  He's not blaming the Dems generally, he's blaming Obama specifically. And Obama specifically vetoed this bill because of its potential impact on international relations.

                  You are completely wrong.
                  This.

                  joe, this time you're dead wrong. This isn't even a matter of interpretation. As uno notes, McConnell is simply lying. Obama said he would veto the bill because of the very reasons McConnell is now claiming Obama should have warned them about. I am not sure I have ever seen such a clear example of political lying.

                  I predict McConnell will say he was "misquoted" (with the direct quote then being played right after) or that his remarks were "taken out of context." He's caught dead to rights.

                  Old politicians have't figured out they can't lie the way they used to because people will pwn them before they finish their sentence. A new form of political lying is needed. Hopefully scientists at Dow and Union Carbide are synthesizing compounds right now from Trump's flop sweat and the reconstituted DNA of Richard Nixon.
                  Last edited by Kepler; 09-30-2016, 08:24 AM.
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                    Originally posted by joecct View Post
                    Except every D except Harry, Bernie, and Tim voted to override the veto. If the GOP had a super majority then you could lay the blame strictly on their feet. Not this time.
                    What the **** planet do you live on?
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                      Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                      What the **** planet do you live on?
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                      • Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

                        If you're dissatisfied, vote them out. We haven't had an incumbent win in at least a decade in this district.

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                          Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
                          If you're dissatisfied, vote them out. We haven't had an incumbent win in at least a decade in this district.
                          Really? Wow, that is amazing. Were there extenuating circumstances, like they vacated the seat to move up?
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                            President Obama reduces the scope of the federal government, Ted Cruz cries bloody murder.

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                              It's almost as if he doesn't have any principles and just exploits popular rhetoric.
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                                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                                Really? Wow, that is amazing. Were there extenuating circumstances, like they vacated the seat to move up?
                                Only one retirement (20-year career politician so I can't say any further back) at the first change, and one person had non-consecutive terms (he isn't trying again), but each time by election, and each time a party change.

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