via Johnny Dollar:
I’m honestly trying to still make sense out of the real issue here. I do think King makes a great point in the middle of this – that if this bill is so important and the Democrats have a majority in the House, then why didn’t it pass? Why all the rage at Republicans if the Democrats have the majority?
This feels like a tactic by Weiner to make Republicans look bad with the 2010 elections coming up in a few months. Cheap, cheap politics is my guess.
UPDATE: Apparently I got my numbers mixed up on this one a bit amidst all the yelling. The Democrats called for a 2/3 majority vote when they didn’t need to. They could have passed this with a simple majority. The roll call vote is here. H/T: @BrianFaughnan. Either way, the end result is still the same. The Democrats could have passed this if they really wanted to, but they chose to try and smear the Republicans.