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1. Are You Saying That The Dems Caused This Problem With The USPS Or Am I Not Understanding This.....
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 02:03 PM
Feb 2013

post correctly?

My impression up to this point was that this was all done by the Repugs under BushCo. Please help clarify this for me.

Are You Saying That The Dems Caused This Problem With The USPS Or Am I Not Understanding This..... global1 Feb 2013 #1
The purpose of this post is to show how the bill was passed. TheProgressive Feb 2013 #2
The house and senate were under republican control. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #3
It is way too easy to blame republicans for this Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #17
Not only that Chathamization Feb 2013 #23
I wonder how many people that work at the Post Office, yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2013 #4
Passed by unanimous consent magellan Feb 2013 #5
That was the Senate. The Republican House Speaker refused the recorded vote. nt TheProgressive Feb 2013 #7
Yes, I know magellan Feb 2013 #11
I was just clarifying that that was how the Senate passed the bill. The House.. TheProgressive Feb 2013 #15
I getcha. magellan Feb 2013 #16
Democrats - champions of the working classes! leftstreet Feb 2013 #6
Yes, Democrats are champions of the working class TheProgressive Feb 2013 #9
A career politician can't be 'duped' leftstreet Feb 2013 #10
That's my reading on it too. n/t magellan Feb 2013 #12
I am just presenting the facts... TheProgressive Feb 2013 #14
That's depressing sobenji Feb 2013 #8
Asking for the recorded House vote might have been just a ploy... TheProgressive Feb 2013 #13
Perhaps we could call our Sens and Reps and ask their offices what their vote was. Gold Metal Flake Feb 2013 #18
That's just it - House/Senate members did not record a vote on this bill.. TheProgressive Feb 2013 #19
I am hoping this research would cause people to call their House/Senate member TheProgressive Feb 2013 #20
Kicking in case someone would like to read the history of the Postal bill TheProgressive Feb 2013 #21
I don't know how else to say thanks for my Valentine Heart...So I will do it here. TheProgressive Feb 2013 #22
Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #24
Which WA post offices do you refer to and 29 days means something got lost as 2-5 days is average uppityperson Mar 2013 #25
You seem to hold a basic Libertarian view of the USPS situation. And strongly anti-union. pinto Mar 2013 #26
Of all the threads in all the forums and groups of all of DU, you choose my thread... TheProgressive Mar 2013 #27
Well it's finally starting to break down amycirca75 Mar 2014 #28
K&R Hugin Nov 2014 #29
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