Speaker, McCain duke it out

The Hill ^ | Dec 15, 2004 | Geoff Earle

[KevinDavis]

I hope this is a joke..

[Rodney King]

There is one thing that can be done to dramatically improve the country: Enforce the historical role of the Senate.

The Senate's job is to vote up or down on bills passed by the house. The Senate has no business writing their own bills. The VP should tell the Senate that they will only be in session to ratify treaties, adivse and conset on judges, and vote up or down on House bills.

This would instantly cut the pork in half.

[Reagan Man]

Senator John McCain playing LtCmdr Philip Francis Queeg, again. Ho-hum.

[evad]

I sure hope it's a joke too.

>>McCain’s pet project of establishing a national boxing commission.<<

If not, he has truly gone insane.

Someone pleeeeze find the strawberries...QUICKLY!

[NordP]

My goodness. This is why I am really scared of giving McCain any more power. To hold up bills that could being doing great good, to hold out for your own agenda....is NOT what he is there to do! He has a responsibility to those who elected him in office, and an even greater responsibility to all of us, who collectively created these Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

The man is scary and puts his own agenda above ours....this is NOT the mark of a good leader.

RED FLAG PEOPLE!!!

[mrsmith]

"when McCain learned that House leaders were refusing to act on his boxing bill, he attached it to every remaining bill in the Senate"

McCain, the 'moderate'.

[Zack Nguyen]

Some Senate aides said lobbying by national boxing figures such as promoter Don King, who has testified before Congress on the issue...

Oh well, if Don King has testified, the bill must be okay. /sarcasm.

McCain reaps what he sows. I don't feel sorry for him. He has gone out of his way to oppose the administration, vote with the elft, so now the House Republicans are telling him they don't like it.

[evad]

The Senate's job is to vote up or down on bills passed by the house.

An amazing revelation, at least it is to me.

From whence do you get this information?

[flying Elvis]

McCain has been on a crusade in recent years over extreme fighting, I wonder if this is his way of knocking it out?

[Jaysun]

McCain has been a fighter from birth - as evident by the wire hanger scars on his forehead - but being a fighter isn't an admirable trait, especially when you fight from the wrong corner.

McCain's very existence is an encroachment on decency. How much longer will the good people of AZ put up with his shenanigans?

[Prime Choice]

McCain threatened to hold up every piece of legislation in the Senate...

That's it. Time to oust this idiot RINO, but good.

[caisson71]

McLame has gone insane. This guy's ego casts a shadow over the sun. He needs to be put in his place but knows the Dimocraps will promise him anything, give him any amount of money and power, if switched to their side - officially.

[truthseeker2]

A Boxing bill? A BOXING BILL? What tha....! Am I seeing my tax dollars at work? Can I please stop paying my taxes? This is what I get for my hard earned tax dollars? A BOXING BILL?!?!?!

[bigjoesaddle]

Off subject Vanity post here...

Anyone else having trouble searching the archives? I search and it only gives me articles in the past week, even if I search under "Archive" instead of "Quick".(I was searching "ACLU" for a Letter to the Editor I'm doing)

I did not want to create a whole thread for a simple question, can someone help?

[CaptRon]

Maybe McCain can do for boxing what he did for campaign finance.

[BibChr]

McCain threatened to hold up every piece of legislation in the Senate while House leaders refused to go along with McCain’s pet project of establishing a national boxing commission

Doesn't that just sum up this prima donna? Dang, I wish he'd find another career... or country....

Dan

[Jaysun]

You can choose to search by date or by relevance. Make sure that you do the latter.