Tweety Bird wrote in article
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I'll answer your questions for you.

So, you are saying that the Democrat-majority Congress is refusing to
pass
any consumer protection bills in order to allow Bush to swing in the
wind.

No, because that's wrong. Simple majorities in Congress don't mean one
has
control over which bills get passed and which ones don't. Unless a party
has
a super majority where it can pass anything it likes even when the other
party opposes it, like the republicans had for 8 years, it has to reach
compromises with the opposition to pass anything. So the Democrats can't
simply pass any bill they want. They must have republican support.
Republicans don't support anything Pelosi wants to pass. That means the
Congress isn't refusing to pass any consumer protection bills. It means
the
republican opposition is rufusing to let any Democratic bill to pass. So
it's your guys who are obstructing the passage of any bill. That means
the
Democrats aren't doing anything, except trying to pass laws that benefit
the
public.




Boy! It's a good thing that the dems NEVER obstruct the passage of ANY
Republican bills, eh?



Or are you suggesting that Bush, somehow, holds a magic spell over
Pelosi
and her posse?

Not a magic spell but a veto and a big enough republican minority to
prevent
her from accomplishing anything. With those in hand he has enough
political
power to stop her from passing bills or forces her to compromise in ways
she
doesn't want to do. So it's not magic it's a matter of having political
power. Republicans use that power on a daily basis to stop Democrats and
to
stop anything that will help regular people. Like you.



So, when the Republicans had the majority, THEY had the power, but now that
the democrats have the majority, the Republicans have the power?

Looks as though ol' Nancy the Nutcase lied to you libs when she suggested
that the democrats now had control, and things would be different.

Please excuse me for saying this, but that old liberal logic is sure
difficult to follow.

Why doesn'y MY mind think that way?



Surely, you understand that the President alone cannot arbitrarily and
unilaterally pass laws.

We all know that, even you, I think. But the ability to stop laws from
passing is almost as good a power as being able to pass laws. He can veto
and Democratic legislation and with his party backing him up it sticks.
But
not only can he veto he can pass signing statements saying what part of
the
laws he will follow, and he can enact what amounts to law with executive
orders. He also can send the military anywhere he wants without
congressional approval for 90 days. All in all, that gives him beaucoup
power. But the power to pass laws by himself, no. But we all knew that so
why ask such a dumb question?


Let's see.....We've been in Iraq for a little longer than 90 days now, so
Bush is STILL to blame?.....even though he can send troops for only 90 days
without approval from Congress?



That's grade-school civics.

Which is why even you can understand it, but barely.


It would appear that my grade-school understanding of civics exceeds
whatever level of liberal education you have received in your life.........