Obstructing Government and Democracy

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Republicans are intent on bringing government to a halt.  ThinkProgress reports on today’s proceedings in the Senate.

At approximately noon today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took to the Senate floor to introduce his single-payer amendment. The amendment is 767 pages long. In an attempt to delay and disrupt the Senate debate, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) demanded that the Senate clerks read the entire bill.

Sanders demanded at least twice that the reading of his bill be dispensed with so that the Senate could proceed to a vote. But Coburn objected both times.

Sanders then proceeded to withdraw his ammendment and took to the floor to blast Republicans.
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Not that Republicans needed any advice on how to stall debate but Judd Gregg did write a helpful little primer for his fellow GOPers anyway.  They’re putting it to good use.

These guys are so proud of their little show they’re even crowing about it. Here’s Republican Senator Jim DeMint on Twitter.

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Doing “everything” obviously also involves preventing debate on health care reform.  And while these clowns play their little games, another 45,000 Americans will die this year from a broken health care system. The stinking bastards really don’t care.  They don’t.

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