The tort reform that was passed has just been tossed out in the courts.
I’m not taking sides yet, but I would like to know more about the bill and more about the details of why she thought she should join the D in attempts to derail this bill. Her comment in the Debate with Brunner follows.
Sarah Steelman
“I have voted for one tort reform bill after another as a State Senator. This particular bill I did not vote for. I would have voted for it had a couple things been changed in that bill, and one of those was a protection for drunk drivers. I wasn’t going to allow that bill to pass because it protected drunk drivers. And I’m sorry Mr. Brunner thinks that that’s okay, but I actually read these bills — I look at them — and I make sure that what I believe in, and what I see in the bill, is best for Missourians.”
Akin on NDAA
If Barack Obama is Dangerous, why did Republicans in Congress not just vote once, but vote a second time to give Obama the power to declare an American citizen an enemy of the state and detain that person indefinitely without due process?
This is the $64,000 question that Republicans like Congressman Billy Long, Michele Bachmann, todd Akin, and Vicky Hartzler need to answer. Long and the others voted for the National Defense Authorization Act with its indefinite detainment language the first time it came up for the vote. When Senator Rand Paul’s bill to remove the indefinite detainment came to the House for a vote, these Republicans cast a vote of solid support to give Obama great tyrannical power that defies our Constitution.
Why would you want to give Obama such power if you are the Republican party? That’s something to ponder.
http://bungalowbillscw.blogspot.com/2012/06/if-barack-obama-is-dangerous.html
Bunner is far in the lead. He’s going to win. I’m glad.
Thanks for the Steelman quote.
Many times politicians have a greater reason to vote in a way that looks wrong, but their vote reflects the fact that a bill that has good things in it may have something like what is mentioned in the quote.
It’s like voting against a bill that “bans” abortion, but still allows them to be done if before 10 weeks.