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    United States Another Suicidal Democrat Maneuver: Relief Bill Blocked

    Not to mention the fact that it could very well be used against *anyone.* This country is designed with the idea of restricting government power as much as possible, and its Not necessarily. The Roman Republic survived for about 460 years, remember. The Constitution does have means for...
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    United States Another Suicidal Democrat Maneuver: Relief Bill Blocked

    That would require a 2/3 majority of the House, I believe, and that isn’t going to happen. This is breathtakingly idiotic, even for her. Edit: Although our distant cousins are claiming that she is a political mastermind by getting what she wanted, despite the fact that this hasn't even passed.
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    United States Another Suicidal Democrat Maneuver: Relief Bill Blocked

    It seems like the big change was increased oversight on the bailout fund, i.e. more than usual and upping the grant threshold to $75,000 from $60,000 according to National Review. So it's a bit irritating (even though I personally benefit now), but overall it seems like they killed the stupid...
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    United States Another Suicidal Democrat Maneuver: Relief Bill Blocked

    Yeah that was some impressive stupidity. Our, ah, distant cousins lauded it as “standing up to corporations” or something, then got mad when someone poked significant holes in that statement.
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    United States Another Suicidal Democrat Maneuver: Relief Bill Blocked

    I wouldn’t go that far. Right now public support is about 50%. Reagan needed a fair amount of Democrats to pull off his sweep and today’s Democrats despise Trump. Not saying he won’t win, but as we’ve already seen, there is no telling what’s in store for the rest of the year.
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