Therefore, even though they have the votes to pass this with no GOP votes whatsoever, they will not do so.
When this starts causing massive problems the dems can say, Oh it was a joint effort and the Republicans are to blame.
The dems know this will be a disaster for the American people.
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I am not sure if they think it will be a disaster or whether they are seeing the dollar signs coming out of this to fund big government. In any case, I think they are trying to have it both ways. To me it was similar to what they did with the war vote. They voted for it but blamed it on Bush when it went wrong.
I am pleased to see the House Republicans pushing back. I would have liked to see them engaged more in getting a plan that works (since I think something needs to be done). Perhaps they had little input since they are in the minority so making it clear that the Dems are knee deep in this is a nice consolation prize.