A Failed Congressional Ploy
The ploy had been hatched behind closed doors by Democratic leaders of both houses. A pork-laden appropriations bill filled with $1 billion in earmarks would combine with veto-proof spending for veterans. Instead, the two measures were decoupled in a Senate party-line vote last Tuesday.
The Democratic scheme to present President George W. Bush with a
bill that he could not veto seemed a clever strategy, but it was based on
presumption of Republican ignorance and cowardice. As late as last Monday, savvy GOP Senate staffers predicted Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's decoupling motion would fail. In fact, she did not lose a Republican senator, as Democrats fell
far short of the 60 votes needed to keep the two bills together.
Harry and Nancy scampered back to the dog house with no bone though they nipped at the heels of those Republicans that wouldn't play nice-nice in the exercise lot.
There is a question here, just how much more ineffective and stupid can Reid and Pelosi get? At this point in time someone should throw them a life preserver because they have wandered from the kiddy end of the pool to water over their heads.
Thanks to Real Clear Politics
