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  • (Republicans) AWOL in the Bunning Battle

    03/04/2010 5:38:41 AM PST · by reaganaut1 · 17 replies · 646+ views
    National Review ^ | March 4, 2010 | Andrew C. McCarthy
    If Obamacare passes, Obamacare is forever. Just ask Jim Bunning. The Kentucky Republican finally caved in Tuesday after relentless pressure from other senators — including Republicans — to drop what the Politico called his “one man” filibuster of a bill to extend expiring unemployment benefits. Technically, it was not a filibuster. It was an objection to a procedure, called “unanimous consent,” used to speed along uncontroversial legislation. In this case, there ought to have been raging controversy: Bunning was objecting to yet another monthly extension of unemployment payments absent an explanation of how it would be paid for. He was...