Old Oct 9, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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Dammit I need to quote myself again. Some of you don't understand how Congress/Vetos/Filibusters work.

People need to stop citing that "democrats have control of congress" crap

233 democrats to 203 republicans in the House and 51 to 49 in the Senate, so a minor majority. They can't override a filibuster with those numbers. A bill has to get through both the house and the senate and then make it past the presidents desk, so even if it gets through the House and the Senate the President can veto it. From that point if there is no Super Majority, 2/3rds of both House and Senate it can't be passed. So don't place blame on all of the Democrats because they don't have enough controlling votes to block filibusters (3/5ths to override here) or override vetoes (2/3rds to override here). So yes you can blame Bush for vetoing a lot of the bills that get on his desk.
It is not control if you can't pass a bill or get any bills passed because you constantly get filibustered or vetoed and you don't have enough votes to override it.
Go look up how many times President Bush has used his veto and how many filibusters have been initiated in the last 2 years in Congress. Inform yourself with the truth, not half-truths of propaganda.
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