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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?

Maybe it's time for you to dig out your high school civics book, Asterisk.
Apparently you forgot how it works.

There will be a quiz, with three questions: First, after Congress passes a
bill, who has to sign it? Second, if he doesn't sign it, what are the
different things that can happen to the bill? Third, if Congress is going to
override a veto, how many votes do they need?


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.

Things *are* different. Now the President is vetoing bills, or threatening
veto and the blocking of legislation that contains some necessary provision,
provoking standoffs and crises, in an attempt to force a minority's will on
the American people. This was expected. Our President is a petty tyrant.


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

It's not that hard. Most kids pass high school civics. Apparently you found
it a challenge.


Why doesn'y MY mind think that way?

This is not a question for mortal men to answer, but it could be an
interesting subject for research.

--
Ed Huntress