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Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#45851: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:30:50 PM

Including a few Republicans which makes me have some hope for the (once) G.O.P.

Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
Unchanging Avatar.
#45852: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:31:17 PM

But they're always still representative of a fringe/crazy state.

Fringe/crazy representatives are elected by a tiny minority given too much power by gerrymandering. It's not democratic, whereas the Senate is always ultimately the responsibility of the people who elected them.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#45853: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:34:00 PM

[up] yeah, pretty much, I am not arguing otherwise.

Edit: I didnt expect to end up watching a debate on Sandy. But oh well, I dont have anything against it, lets see what they say.

edited 1st Jan '13 8:35:50 PM by Baff

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#45854: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:35:12 PM

Yes, but the tdoes not provide people with equal representation. It gives the people in smaller states greater representation than people in larger states, while the House gives each district of about the same number of people equal representation. If the problem is gerrymandering, then let's fix that problem, but the senate isn't how it's fixed.

Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
Unchanging Avatar.
#45855: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:35:15 PM

...I think this is the first time we've ever agreed, Baff. :)

Drinks all around!

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#45856: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:35:55 PM

I feel like every Representative from New York and New Jersey is coming up to bitch about the House adjourning.

There really getting emotional here.

edited 1st Jan '13 8:37:50 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#45857: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:37:37 PM

Not just the ones from New York and New Jersey. Every Representative who represents a district that got hit by Sandy probably will. If they don't, they're opponents could use that to unseat them.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#45858: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:38:16 PM

...Is this going to be the 9/11 first responders bill all over again? Where people who are suffering are held hostage in exchange for spending cuts.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#45859: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:38:30 PM

Hang on, did the compromise fiscal cliff aversion bill just pass? Or are we still waiting on something? That would mean Republicans are explicitly voting for tax increases, let me remind everyone.

edited 1st Jan '13 8:38:53 PM by Fighteer

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Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#45860: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:38:31 PM

They also happen to be human (on some basic level, pork spending, best thing ever in reality)

[up] No. Nothing has been passed. (well the senate amendment but that isnt the bill)

[up][up] I can see a daily show sketch coming up...

edited 1st Jan '13 8:41:12 PM by Baff

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Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#45861: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:40:08 PM

[up][up]

The speaker tried to adjourn, and now every representative, Democrat or Republic. from a state that was affected by Sandy are bitching him out.

edited 1st Jan '13 8:40:30 PM by Completion

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#45862: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:43:01 PM

@Fighteer

I'm not quite sure, but I think it just passed.

Now the President has to sign it.

EDIT: They've spent at least 10 minutes bitching at Boehner.

edited 1st Jan '13 8:46:12 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#45863: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:44:43 PM

Oh wait it passed? Guess I missed it.

[1]

Edit: So the vote on the senate amendment was THE vote on the bill? I see...

edited 1st Jan '13 8:45:44 PM by Baff

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#45864: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:57:39 PM

They spent around 28 minutes bitching at Boehner.

The house still adjourned.

All my rage.

edited 1st Jan '13 9:07:14 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#45865: Jan 1st 2013 at 9:01:06 PM

Meh, whatever.

edited 1st Jan '13 9:01:24 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
Unchanging Avatar.
#45866: Jan 1st 2013 at 9:05:02 PM

No, Tomu. The "figure of speech" was when I used "I don't believe" instead of "I don't think."

You then jumped on that, which was both gratuitous and rude. I don't know why you thought that was important, probably because I wasn't taking your point as seriously as you liked and you wanted something to attack about my post.

Everything since has been a response to your out-of-nowhere attack against a figure of speech on my part. Except now I've been mean about Keynesian economics, so this spiraled out of control.

Edit: Glad to hear it. Never mind, then.

edited 1st Jan '13 9:06:01 PM by Ultrayellow

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#45867: Jan 1st 2013 at 9:06:13 PM

[up][up]Fucking greedy-ass cowards... Ought to go and... RRRRRAAAAWWWWWRRR!!!

...To all my loved ones in New Jersey AND New York, please fight accordingly.

edited 1st Jan '13 9:06:58 PM by LostAnarchist

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Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
Unchanging Avatar.
#45868: Jan 1st 2013 at 9:07:17 PM

I may regret this...but what, specifically, are you upset about?

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#45869: Jan 1st 2013 at 9:08:06 PM

The ignorance of the innocent harmed by Hurricane Sandy and those who allow them to suffer going unpunished for their greed and corruption. I have loved ones near and in both states whom are victims of this cheap-o fascism!

edited 1st Jan '13 9:08:46 PM by LostAnarchist

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#45870: Jan 1st 2013 at 9:08:31 PM

The House adjourned without voting on a bill that would provide relief for people affected by Hurricane Sandy.

LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#45871: Jan 1st 2013 at 9:09:09 PM

[up]THIS.

This is where I, the Vampire Mistress, proudly reside: http://liberal.nationstates.net/nation=nova_nacio
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#45872: Jan 1st 2013 at 9:11:00 PM

[up][up][up][up] Several Representatives from all political spectrums just spent collectively 28 minutes asking The House and Speaker Boehner not to adjourn before discussing The Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill.

And the House still adjourned.

Weren't you watching?

edited 1st Jan '13 9:16:59 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#45874: Jan 2nd 2013 at 1:29:05 AM

The deal made most of the Bush tax cuts permanent for couples earning under $450,000 and individuals earning under $400,000.

edited 2nd Jan '13 1:31:01 AM by Serocco

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#45875: Jan 2nd 2013 at 5:03:56 AM

How have the Markets reacted to recent events in the US Congress?

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