How should this be debated?  Is it even given the opportunity for that debate?  And at the end of the debate will the majority govern? 

Not in todays Congress - in particular the Senate.  The Senate is no longer a body of democratic, majority rule.  It is rather a pissing match of radical, anti-democratic, selfish, small minded adolescents lacking the ability or where-with-all to act like civil, adult thinking representatives of their constituents, able to concede loss to the majority thinking body or rule.

The jobless extension bill is going nowhere fast.  Like most legislation given to this Senate body it is spat on by opposing parties and never debated in a way that, yes our founding fathers would have expected to be debated. Rather it has become a club of middle schoolers unable to act civil, with honor and integrity by many in its ranks. Throwing tantrums unless they get their way, no matter what - regardless of the fact that they might be in the minority.  Voice your case but concede to democratic, majority rule.

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Lala

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Most of those folks in Congress are just plain crooked! They probably have convinced themselves that they are doing the right thing but they are just plain crooks!

Thursday 01 July 2010, 13:54

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Steve B.

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Yes, it is really pitiful and perverted but that is how many people justify their ideas and decisions - it is called 'dissonance thinking' and is basically a form of extreme rationalization. And they call themselves leaders...

Friday 16 July 2010, 00:24

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