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clockwide from upper left: Sen. McCain, Sen. McConnell, Rep. Cantor, Rep. Boehner, Sen. Graham, Sen Kyl
by Emily Steinberg
Great day in Washington DC yesterday! President Obama signed the repeal of DADT and the Senate finally voted to ratify the START treaty with Russia and pass a 911 Health Bill that extends government support to 911 first responders who got sick from working at Ground Zero. President Obama is back on top. He and Nancy Pelosi in the House and Harry Reid in the Senate deserve praise for getting their agenda through the Lame Duck session of the 111th Congress.
The GOP, however, even though a few crossed the aisle in the end, stalled and obstructed all year on these important votes. The START treaty has been in Congress since April and the GOP couldn't be bothered to deal with it for months, giving one lame excuse after another. But this past week's excuse was beyond the pail. Republican lawmakers took to the floor whining and complaining that they couldn't pass the treaty because Christmas was coming and everyone in Washington was distracted by the holiday season. Seriously? Are these guys for real?
They have the audacity to get on TV and tell the American people that they just don't have the time to work on the country's urgent business because it's the holiday season? Tell that to George Washington, Mr. McConnell, who was amassing his troops to cross the Delaware River and attack the British on December 25, 1776. Tell that to our current troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mr Kyl, who would like to be home for the holidays, but are serving the country at the moment. Tell that to all of the American men and women who would like to be home for the holidays, Mr. Graham, but who have to be at their jobs because they actually have to work to support their families. The GOP Holiday Chorus of NO, luckily for them and us, didn't succeed in obstructing the country's business at this juncture. But not because they didn't try.
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