Mesogen
09-19-2007, 09:47 PM
Who said we don't live in a Democracy?
We can democratically declare that a certain population within our borders cannot participate in the democracy.
No, DC, you may not have representation. Now pay your taxes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801158.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Republican lawmakers yesterday blocked the Senate from taking up the D.C. vote bill, a potentially fatal setback for the District's most promising effort in years to get a full member of Congress.
The vote was on a motion to simply consider the bill. Fifty-seven senators voted in favor, three short of the 60 needed to proceed. Without enough support to vault the Senate's procedural hurdles, the bill is expected to stall this year and possibly next year.
Ah! But would Ron Paul support it? Probably not. He'd probably support the position of Mitch McConnell.
"I opposed this bill because it is clearly and unambiguously unconstitutional," McConnell said in a statement. "If the residents of the District are to get a member for themselves, they have a remedy: amend the Constitution."Yeah. Ok Mitch. I'm sure your love for the constitution prevented you from voting for the Patriot Act. Let's see, you're name isn't Russ Feingold, so I'd say that you DID vote for the Patriot Act. How bout delegating the authority to declare war to the president. You were against that, right? No? Hmm, so maybe Mitch's strict constructionism is simply convenient for now.
In addition to voicing legal concerns, opponents were wary of the bill's potential political repercussions. Some Republicans feared that the measure could eventually lead to the addition of two full D.C. senators, who probably would be Democrats.You mean they wouldn't be Libertarians, Greens, or Independents? Guess not.
We can democratically declare that a certain population within our borders cannot participate in the democracy.
No, DC, you may not have representation. Now pay your taxes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801158.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Republican lawmakers yesterday blocked the Senate from taking up the D.C. vote bill, a potentially fatal setback for the District's most promising effort in years to get a full member of Congress.
The vote was on a motion to simply consider the bill. Fifty-seven senators voted in favor, three short of the 60 needed to proceed. Without enough support to vault the Senate's procedural hurdles, the bill is expected to stall this year and possibly next year.
Ah! But would Ron Paul support it? Probably not. He'd probably support the position of Mitch McConnell.
"I opposed this bill because it is clearly and unambiguously unconstitutional," McConnell said in a statement. "If the residents of the District are to get a member for themselves, they have a remedy: amend the Constitution."Yeah. Ok Mitch. I'm sure your love for the constitution prevented you from voting for the Patriot Act. Let's see, you're name isn't Russ Feingold, so I'd say that you DID vote for the Patriot Act. How bout delegating the authority to declare war to the president. You were against that, right? No? Hmm, so maybe Mitch's strict constructionism is simply convenient for now.
In addition to voicing legal concerns, opponents were wary of the bill's potential political repercussions. Some Republicans feared that the measure could eventually lead to the addition of two full D.C. senators, who probably would be Democrats.You mean they wouldn't be Libertarians, Greens, or Independents? Guess not.