TNBear
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Post by TNBear on Sept 28, 2011 19:07:45 GMT -5
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Post by TNBear on Sept 29, 2011 19:09:36 GMT -5
24 hours with no feedback, I reckon Mikey hasn't seen it yet.
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Post by Felix on Sept 30, 2011 8:03:45 GMT -5
Bill Vol posted a comment apparently meant for this thread on another thread started by TNBear about criticism of Chuck Fleischmann.
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Post by Justin Thyme on Sept 30, 2011 8:35:59 GMT -5
This appears to be a problem with multiple solutions: A Democratic aide to the committee said Paul's actions "defied logic. ... This is a bill that had no objections in committee, no one had an issue with it, it's been teed up ready to move forward since July." The aide said that if every piece of noncontroversial legislation were allowed a floor debate, especially this late in the year, few of them would clear the Senate.
Paul's spokeswoman said that if Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wants to overcome Paul's objection, he can "bring this legislation before the Senate at any time."
Reid's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Democratic leaders could bring the bill to the floor if they have a 60-vote supermajority, but such maneuvers eat up considerable time, often leaving all but must-pass legislation to languish. Individual holds by senators, usually made anonymously, have come under criticism but endure as a Senate prerogative.
Boxer and Feinstein wrote to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Sept. 8, asking him to adopt the safety board's recommendations without waiting for Congress, but they have not received a response. Speier also has called for the administration to act on its own.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/27/MNAK1LA79U.DTL&ao=all#ixzz1ZRUesb4S Senator Paul is being blamed for holding up this legislation but his hold could easily be bypassed if there is, in fact, broad and bipartisan support for the legislation. There is also the option of the DoT to just make the appropriate rules. I think another route would be for the state of California to require the remote controlled shut off valves to be installed on all pipelines, existing and proposed. Maybe Paul is being an ass but he isn't preventing these valves from being installed.
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Post by mikeydokey on Sept 30, 2011 21:26:12 GMT -5
24 hours with no feedback, I reckon Mikey hasn't seen it yet. Sorry, I was reading what you thought were Message Forum worthy news articles and fell asleep. TWICE.
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Post by TNBear on Oct 1, 2011 13:46:34 GMT -5
While attempting to figure out the big words no doubt.
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Post by Half-Tard on Oct 2, 2011 13:28:24 GMT -5
LMFAO
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Post by TNBear on Oct 3, 2011 16:44:09 GMT -5
What more info do you need?
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Post by mikeydokey on Nov 5, 2011 16:16:17 GMT -5
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