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Doitnow

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2. Good on Speaker Pelosi for reminding the press that her part of the "Congress," the House, has done
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:12 AM
Sep 2019

it's job. The press would do well to differentiate between the two bodies as to who is to blame for not getting things done. I'd like to see the day when one body passes a bill, it automatically gets debated and voted on in the other. Sounds democratic to me. Why should any one person have the right to deny voting.

The Senate may not be able to pass a bill, but at least the public would see who is for or against a bill and vote on that member accordingly.

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