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Opinion IF POLITICS IS THE ART OF COMPROMISE, why aren't the politicians in Congress compromising? They used to be good at it, weren't they?
So, what of ordinary compromises. Have they been more reasonable? Granted, the vast majority of them, sometimes reached through the quaint practice among legislators of “log rolling” are seemingly acceptable. You vote for a bridge built in my community and I'll vote for a new post office in yours. Most are harmless. In recent decades, the Republicans, more often than not the minority party, have not negotiated smartly. On several occasions they have agreed to tax hikes in exchange for promises of spending cuts which never came. Once again, we see this debate raging in Washington. Compromise seems to be a lost art in the U.S. Senate these days. No one bemoans this fact more than Senator Harry Reid. However, he has wielded his powers as Senate Majority Leader in ways that has made compromise impossible. Reid uses a tactic called “filling the amendment tree” to preclude compromise.
Senator Reid's opponents complain that they are left with no alternative other than to filibuster, take control of the discussion to avoid a vote on contested legislation. Reid then complains that the Republicans are just being obstructionist. Unfortunately, the media isn't reporting what is actually happening and the Republicans are tarred as “the party of no”. However, it is evident that Senator Reid must take the lion's share of the blame for the fact that there is little honest debate or compromise occurring in the United States Senate.
5 Comments
12/2/2012 03:50:58 pm
On the subject of Lost Causes, this one is so lost it disappeared down a rabbit hole a long time ago. The wascally wabbits have dug it so deep the next stop is China.
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Jack Durish
12/3/2012 02:49:16 am
I have a shovel and I know how to use it. Too bad most other people don't.
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12/4/2012 03:57:33 pm
It's amazing how intelligent, mature folk can act like little kids on the playground. Sigh. I guess to many of us never grow up.
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Jack Durish
12/5/2012 02:30:59 am
Why would you insult children? Their playground behavior is a lot more logical than what goes on in Congress.
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3/25/2013 09:39:28 pm
Eyeglass creator and creator of logical units James Ayscough improved a set of eyeglasses that utilized clear or green lenses within 1752. Ayscough imagined that the green lenses helped vision some and alleviated some eye weariness. He was an understudy to James Mann. The two came to be mates in improving magnifying instruments and the distributing of articles.
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