Politics: Forced to make decisions, Congress instead sits on its hands
- taxes House Democrats block Obama’s unpopular tax compromise, choosing instead to force a dramatic showdown. We love this country.
- DADT The Senate kills a massive defense bill which had a “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal on its list of things. Blame the tax cut thing for this.
- 9/11 The GOP, after using the “Ground Zero mosque” as a ploy for political gain, blocks a bill that gives health care to first responders.
- » So, look here: The Democrats don’t want to give an inch. The GOP doesn’t want to give a centimeter. The president just gave a couple of inches, and the Democrats didn’t like it. So now, we have two bills which could’ve passed today die on the vine in the Senate. Because both sides don’t want to find any common ground. Is it really that hard to compromise? Yes, yes it is.