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Mystic, thanks! Makes no sense to me either, except that

it's PURE POLITICS!

posted by JanesOpinion on January 6, 2006 at 7:31 PM | link to this | reply

Janes

can't tell you:-) there is absoluly nothing NOT to support........whichever way you line up on the larger debate. THis can do no harm and only do good, so beats me why they voted it down.

posted by MysticGmekeepr on January 5, 2006 at 10:41 AM | link to this | reply

Justsouno, as always, my pleasure!

posted by JanesOpinion on December 28, 2005 at 5:33 PM | link to this | reply

Jane's thank you so much for such informative posts. This is such

an opportunity to do something better than all the combined rhetoric the politicians have been putting in the news. Great post. HNY

posted by Justi on December 27, 2005 at 5:09 PM | link to this | reply

A Golden Opportunity

It seems to me that the Republicans have missed a golden opportunity to show the kind of hypocrisy that comes from those dastardly Democrats and lying liberals.

The senate majority leader is responsible for calling for a vote. He can do so at any time. It would be nice if there was actually a bill ready to be signed though. If a bill is still in a committee or subcommittee I would hope that no one would vote for it. If it is still at the printer I would hope that no one would vote for it. If a senator’s staff has not had adequate time to review the document I would hope that that senator would not vote for it.

If a reasonable effort was made to satisfy any objections to a vote for any of the above reasons in the case of The Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Therapy and Research Act (S-1317), and the majority leader did not call for a vote, can he legitimately point to anyone else as being responsible for there not being a vote? Well Bill Frist did. “The minority leader hasn’t returned my call,” he has been quoted as saying as the reason for not calling for a vote. And my dog ate my homework.

Frist has a lot on his plate, so he might get a little confused about what calls he’s made, and to whom, and who he’s expecting a call from. The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are still investigating his good fortune to have sold his family’s hospital company before warnings of weak earnings caused the stock price to drop by 9% in a single day. Great luck for a blind trust. As Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill) put it, “Bill Frist has this all upside down. He thought Terri Schiavo could see and his trust was blind.”

The only people saying there was a story with S-1317 were the Republicans and ‘Focus on the Family’ and friends. No major news service, not even that most right winged Wall Street Journal picked up the ‘non-story.’ I think if Frist had called for a vote without tipping the Republican’s hand with the ‘non-story’ they could have shown what those villainous Democrats are all about, but the ‘non-story blew their chance of a surprise coup d’etat.

My favorite version and part of the ‘non-story’ was by Bill Wilson. He writes for Family News at family.org. (A Web site of Focus on the Family). In his version of the ‘non-story’ he quotes Senator Sam Brownback about S-1317, "it's being held up in these secret holds by some members of the other side of the aisle."

I emailed Mr. Brownback and asked him if he really said that. And if he did, could he be more specific about these secret holds, or is that why they are called secret holds? I will post his reply if I ever get one. I just want to know if he thinks Wilson is that stupid or if Wilson thinks his readers are that stupid.

So why did the Republicans blow their golden opportunity with the ‘non-story’ when they could have had a great story that would have hit the front page of every newspaper in America? Doing a ‘non-story’ in their own publications is just preaching to the choir, but I guess the choir sometimes needs reminding that their purpose is to sing the praises.

S-1317 was cosponsored by Harkin, and Schumer. I think you would be hard-pressed to find an instance where a senator voted against his own bill.

Government 101: How a Bill Becomes a Law

http://vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_02.php

posted by enlighteningrod on December 23, 2005 at 2:46 PM | link to this | reply

Yeah, Corbin, good point!

According to FRC's report today, though, somehow they were able to finally pass the bill. I wonder what other compromises they had to make to do it. No significant details were provided.

posted by JanesOpinion on December 19, 2005 at 7:14 PM | link to this | reply

There's no logic...

Oh, wait....Was GW for it? That would explain the Senate's actions......

posted by Corbin_Dallas on December 19, 2005 at 6:47 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks CCN!!

posted by JanesOpinion on December 19, 2005 at 6:06 AM | link to this | reply

Superb Post, Briiiillliant.

posted by itisdone on December 18, 2005 at 7:29 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks, Aria4.

I don't get it, although I am certain it's all about playing nasty politics -- if I can't have my toys, neither can you!

posted by JanesOpinion on December 18, 2005 at 11:13 AM | link to this | reply

Jane-I think your sister has done a great job by doing this for so many people. Look at the benefit. I dont know why anyone would refuse to support this bill.