>It's 46 times now I think. If if at first you don't succeed then try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try again. What a bunch of freakn morons. "Hi - we know this is worthless stupid waste of time - but we're going to do it anyway. By the way it's not our fault - it's Obama's fault".
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>I agree that 40-some times is the sign of a big problem. But I see fewer and fewer Democrats arguing the merit of it.....and some of the more moderate ones speaking out against it.
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>One could argue, "how could Barack Obama not have anticipated this?" He tightly coupled the mandate with AHCA. It passed in early 2010 (I forget the exact date) without a single Republican vote. Can anyone name me one piece of legislation that has survived the test of time yet didn't receive a single vote from one of the two major parties? (I'm not asking a rhetorical question, I'm truly curious if that has ever happened)

I don't know if that's every happened, but I would be REALLY surprised if this is the first time such a thing has happened. As far as 'how could Obama not of anticipated this" - well what difference does that really make? GOP party members of Congress have caused a lot of grief over the past few years; they have refused to go along with almost none of the Democratic proposals and even said repeatedly publicly stated that their sole goal is to "not give Obama anything he wants" - so you know what? It does not matter what Obama wants - because WHATEVER it is, the GOP feels they must go against it out of some stupid sick "principle". GOP can be for something 7 years ago - but now if Obama if for it, suddenly GOP position has changed & now they're against it. You watch the news and these dipshits are all happy that they've shutdown (or slimdown if on foxnews) the fed government. Aside from the obvious failure to uphold their oaths of office, they've also made laughing stock out of whole USA government.