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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 959945" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Not true...</p><p></p><p>The Republicans held a Senate filibuster capability (the Democrats didn't have 60 votes to override a filibuster attempt) - so the Democrats DIDN'T have "complete control of the government" from 2008 (actually 1/20/09...) through Jan 3 2011, when the 112th Congress was sworn in with the Republicans taking the House. </p><p></p><p>The House during the 111th Congress passed the FAA reauthorization in quick order (removing Express from the RLA); it was one of the top priorities of Rep. Jim Oberstar of MN. The bill languished in the Senate since Fred gave his marching orders to both Sens. Alexander and Corker of TN - both Republicans. </p><p></p><p>All attempts to bring the bill to the floor were stalled in Senate committee - due in no small part to the money being handed out behind the scenes to certain Senate members. The Democrats were more interested in getting the health care legislation moved at the time, so no real effort on a small rider to a piece of legislation that would only benefit Express wage employees was going to be expended. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, NOT true...</p><p></p><p>The Democrats didn't "sell out" the Express employees - the Democrats had the Express language in the FAA reauthorizaton ready to go. What happened is that the potential Republican filibuster over trying to bring the FAA bill to the floor with the Express language included made the Democrats decide to fight other battles they could win. There was no Democrat "sell out", there was a realization among the Democrat leadership that they couldn't pick off enough Senate Republicans to achieve cloture (end a potential filibuster) and move the bill to a straight up or down vote. </p><p></p><p>Now, Sen. Rockefeller didn't expend any political capital of his own to attempt to move the bill, since there was no direct benefit to his state of WV. </p><p></p><p>Since there was no way of getting the bill to the Senate floor for a vote - the bill sat on the Senate "table" all through the 111th Congress. </p><p></p><p>Once the 112th Congress started, for all intent and purposes, the rider removing Express from the RLA was dead - it became a bargaining chip in the process of hammering out the bill which actually passed. </p><p></p><p>So, the "courage of their convictions" (referring to the Republicans) is courage fueled by PAC money and lobbyists (all paid out of Fred's checkbook).</p><p></p><p>You need to get your facts straight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 959945, member: 22880"] Not true... The Republicans held a Senate filibuster capability (the Democrats didn't have 60 votes to override a filibuster attempt) - so the Democrats DIDN'T have "complete control of the government" from 2008 (actually 1/20/09...) through Jan 3 2011, when the 112th Congress was sworn in with the Republicans taking the House. The House during the 111th Congress passed the FAA reauthorization in quick order (removing Express from the RLA); it was one of the top priorities of Rep. Jim Oberstar of MN. The bill languished in the Senate since Fred gave his marching orders to both Sens. Alexander and Corker of TN - both Republicans. All attempts to bring the bill to the floor were stalled in Senate committee - due in no small part to the money being handed out behind the scenes to certain Senate members. The Democrats were more interested in getting the health care legislation moved at the time, so no real effort on a small rider to a piece of legislation that would only benefit Express wage employees was going to be expended. Again, NOT true... The Democrats didn't "sell out" the Express employees - the Democrats had the Express language in the FAA reauthorizaton ready to go. What happened is that the potential Republican filibuster over trying to bring the FAA bill to the floor with the Express language included made the Democrats decide to fight other battles they could win. There was no Democrat "sell out", there was a realization among the Democrat leadership that they couldn't pick off enough Senate Republicans to achieve cloture (end a potential filibuster) and move the bill to a straight up or down vote. Now, Sen. Rockefeller didn't expend any political capital of his own to attempt to move the bill, since there was no direct benefit to his state of WV. Since there was no way of getting the bill to the Senate floor for a vote - the bill sat on the Senate "table" all through the 111th Congress. Once the 112th Congress started, for all intent and purposes, the rider removing Express from the RLA was dead - it became a bargaining chip in the process of hammering out the bill which actually passed. So, the "courage of their convictions" (referring to the Republicans) is courage fueled by PAC money and lobbyists (all paid out of Fred's checkbook). You need to get your facts straight. [/QUOTE]
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