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November Snapshot - More Bad News for Team Pelosi
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<blockquote data-quote="diesel96" data-source="post: 766662" data-attributes="member: 9859"><p>Small Businesses are waiting for Republicans to stop playing games with their livelyhood. They are the ones with the stranglehold. pure partisan politics. For example, the small business aide bill recently introduced doesn't add to the deficit. The only reason Republicans blocked a vote was because they demanded that they be able to offer amendments to the small-business package that have nothing to do with small businesses.... including measures related to border security and Bush tax cuts. They don't really expect the amendments to pass, but GOP leaders hoped that the votes would put Dems in an awkward spot.... and the process of considering them would take up more floor time, and make it impossible to consider other legislation this year.</p><p>The Democratic leadership balked as usual, so the vote on the bill was put off. And as a result, thousands of small businesses are ready to expand, but are instead just sitting there, waiting for our political system and the Republican Party to be less ridiculous. The GOP is doing this deliberately, worried that small-business expansion before the elections might help the economy and interfere with Republican election plans.</p><p>Often, when the political world considers the GOP's obstructionism on Capitol Hill, we're reminded of an dysfunctional policymaking process. But it's worth remembering from time to time that the nonsense carries with it real-world consequences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diesel96, post: 766662, member: 9859"] Small Businesses are waiting for Republicans to stop playing games with their livelyhood. They are the ones with the stranglehold. pure partisan politics. For example, the small business aide bill recently introduced doesn't add to the deficit. The only reason Republicans blocked a vote was because they demanded that they be able to offer amendments to the small-business package that have nothing to do with small businesses.... including measures related to border security and Bush tax cuts. They don't really expect the amendments to pass, but GOP leaders hoped that the votes would put Dems in an awkward spot.... and the process of considering them would take up more floor time, and make it impossible to consider other legislation this year. The Democratic leadership balked as usual, so the vote on the bill was put off. And as a result, thousands of small businesses are ready to expand, but are instead just sitting there, waiting for our political system and the Republican Party to be less ridiculous. The GOP is doing this deliberately, worried that small-business expansion before the elections might help the economy and interfere with Republican election plans. Often, when the political world considers the GOP's obstructionism on Capitol Hill, we're reminded of an dysfunctional policymaking process. But it's worth remembering from time to time that the nonsense carries with it real-world consequences. [/QUOTE]
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