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How About A Public Commitment
How about President Obama inviting every member of the Democratic Caucus in the Senate to the White House and getting a public commitment, televised, from each of them:
"I hereby solemnly swear that I will vote for cloture on every bill presented by our caucus whether or not I wholeheartedly endorse its aims. I reserve the right to vote against the bill on final passage, but under no circumstances will I vote to uphold a filibuster of a bill sponsored by our caucus. If I break this pledge I fully understand that I will be labeled a Republican swine and will forgo all privileges given to me including committee chairs and assignments. So help me ..."
Why isn't this doable?
"I hereby solemnly swear that I will vote for cloture on every bill presented by our caucus whether or not I wholeheartedly endorse its aims. I reserve the right to vote against the bill on final passage, but under no circumstances will I vote to uphold a filibuster of a bill sponsored by our caucus. If I break this pledge I fully understand that I will be labeled a Republican swine and will forgo all privileges given to me including committee chairs and assignments. So help me ..."
Why isn't this doable?
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Maybe because, Reid can't promise to deliver 60 senators willing to step off the 'blue dog'/independent reservation?
July 1, 2009 11:55 PM | Reply | Permalink