Bacon King
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« on: July 31, 2012, 03:13:48 PM » |
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Regarding the relative extremism of the two parties in Congress:
Note that the Democratic Caucus's majority on the Senate Committee on Energy and National Resources is entirely at the whim of Joe Manchin, who disagrees with Democratic energy policy to such an extent that he literally shot a copy of the Cap and Trade Bill with a rifle for a campaign commercial. I honestly doubt that Congressional Republican would ever allow a member of their caucus to so overtly and publicly distance themselves from the party in such a manner, let alone hand that member the implicit authority to effectively veto any laws being considered on the topic he disagrees most with the party line.
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