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posted by martyb on Sunday March 17 2019, @07:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the at-least-the-House-and-Senate-agreed-on-something dept.

breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/15/donald-trump-vetoes-attempt-to-block-national-emergency

President Donald Trump vetoed a bill designed to block his emergency declaration at the Southern Border on Friday, in a ceremony at the White House.

“Today, I am vetoing this resolution,” Trump said. “Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it. And I’m very proud to veto it.”

Also at CBS News, CNBC, and USA Today.


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday March 18 2019, @11:36AM (1 child)

    Prison would interfere with my fishing. It'll have to be voting unless they cheese me off to a pretty epic level.

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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday March 18 2019, @01:06PM

    Prison would interfere with my fishing. It'll have to be voting unless they cheese me off to a pretty epic level.

    Works for me. I have a 50+ year Cal Ripken-like streak of never going to jail working. I'd like to keep that streak up too, as it would interfere with much more than just my fishing.

    I totally get partisan politics, and there really are partisan policy differences.

    It just seems ridiculous that folks who are elected to represent us sell us down the river to support "their" side *first* rather than focusing on what's best for, in order, their constituency, the nation, and then their party.

    You and I are gettin' old, so I imagine you remember Ronnie Raygun and Tip O'Neill [wikipedia.org] (link for the young'uns who don't recall). As much as I disliked both of those guys (but not as much as they hated each other), they made a point to get past that on several occasions to do what was best for the nation.

    After Billy Boy got into office, and the 'R's took control of Congress, we had a taste of what we now see all the time now from that piece of shit Newt [wikipedia.org] and his flunkies.

    That's not to say Billy Boy was all sweetness and light either. He sold us down the river to get *something* done with Burgermeister Meisterburger over in the House in full "my way or the highway" mode. And, predictably, the 'D's eventually followed suit.

    It's a sad state of affairs, and I'd appreciate it if you did vote, Buzzard.

    But just vote. I'd be afraid for anyone who ended up in jail with you. :)

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