First 100 Hours

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UPDATED: Monday, January 15, 2007 23:42
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ARCLIGHT

Monday, January 15, 2007 12:18 PM

Ok, the Democrats promised massive change during their first 100 hours but...

First 100 hours was postponed for a critically important football game. Yep, Pelosi and company rubbing your face in it.

SEVENPERCENT

Monday, January 15, 2007 2:29 PM

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Originally posted by arclight:
Ok, the Democrats promised massive change during their first 100 hours but...

First 100 hours was postponed for a critically important football game. Yep, Pelosi and company rubbing your face in it.

You left out the part where the postponement was at the request of a prominent Republican representative from the district whose team was going to be in it, as well as one from the opposite team; neither of whom were going to be in the session due to PR work for their respective communities. And, how allowing the day off for that might be a good start to some bipartisanship, especially since someone from the GOP made the initial proposal.

But, hey, don't let facts get in the way of your anti-Pelosi rant.

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House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio had asked that there be no votes until Tuesday.

"There is a very important event happening Monday night, particularly for those who live in Ohio and Florida," said House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer.

"In the spirit of comity," Hoyer told colleagues, the House would not return to work until Tuesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/08/congress.democrats.reut/index.h
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AURAPTOR

Monday, January 15, 2007 11:42 PM

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But your sources make many unwarranted assumptions. I did some independent checking. Pelosi, and Democrats in general, wanted and want Samoa to be covered by the new minimum wage standard. The governor of Samoa is the one who is objecting: "In a statement issued by Togiola, the governor says he regrets Pelosi's position "but I can appreciate the kinds of pressure that she is working under or responding to." However, he warned that if American Samoa's minimum wage is tied to the U.S. federal level, the result would be a disaster for the territory and for Washington."

Unwarrented assumptions? How about accurate observations! If the Dems wanted to include all of the US's territories in w/ this bill, they could have done so. That they 'conviently' left out A.Samoa, you seem to think is nothing more than a wild, kooky coincidence! Now THAT'S funny! Never mind that the HQ's for the companies which employ 3/4ths of the population in A.Samoa just happen to be in SanFran Nan's district. Gee, what are the odds ? But here's the nugget that should get most folks thinking.... why is artificially raising the wage folks make BAD in one area, but GOOD in other areas ?

Hmmmm...

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