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Originally Posted by roachboy
the republicans bear a very significant responsibility for every last shortcoming in the bill so it's a bit ironic to see all this hand waving and complaining from more conservative folk about the bill when it's their representatives who obstructed what there was on the table, watered it down, weakened it, fought it, etc.
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I can halfway understand the Republicans blocking this bill as they did not want to give Obama even the perception of a victory for political reasons including catering to the teabaggers. What I find harder to accept is the Democrats passing such a watered down bill even though they had the numbers. I guess this bill can be thought of as a staring point for better things to come.