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0 pointsat-fates-hands4y ago0 comments

Here you go. Happened in 2013 under Obama:

But on Monday, when the president signed a bill reversing big pieces of the law, the emailed announcement was one sentence long. There was no fanfare last week either, when the Senate and then the House passed the bill in largely empty chambers using a fast-track procedure known as unanimous consent.

https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/17749...

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eganist4y ago

Thanks, this is helpful.

It's exceptionally unlikely that I'll be able to spur meaningful change, but I'll try to have an update in December. (Posting for accountability)

weaksauce4y ago

why make it partisan by mentioning obama like he had anything to do with it as this was passed unanimously by both the senate and the house.

just like when someone says "bill clinton repealed glass stegal" no he signed it when it was passed through by veto proof margins with only 2 people dissenting in the senate... he just happened to be the president at the time.

vxNsr4y ago

Because he could veto it.

weaksauce4y ago

you understand vetos are something congress can override right?

boomboomsubban4y ago

Vetoing the bill would have at least made the passage more notable, and likely required there to have been more than thirty seconds of debate on the topic. Making them override a veto has some value.

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vxNsr4y ago

Vetoing sends a message and as others have said would at least force the media to talk about it.

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eganist4y ago

Thanks, this is helpful.

It's exceptionally unlikely that I'll be able to spur meaningful change, but I'll try to have an update in December. (Posting for accountability)

weaksauce4y ago

why make it partisan by mentioning obama like he had anything to do with it as this was passed unanimously by both the senate and the house.

vxNsr4y ago

Because he could veto it.

weaksauce4y ago

you understand vetos are something congress can override right?

boomboomsubban4y ago

Vetoing the bill would have at least made the passage more notable, and likely required there to have been more than thirty seconds of debate on the topic. Making them override a veto has some value.

1 more reply

vxNsr4y ago

Vetoing sends a message and as others have said would at least force the media to talk about it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse