King George "The Decider" will veto a bill that protects Americans with provisions to sue for terrorist damages or some such.
HuffPo gets the story of 2007, that you won't hear on the Dish:
But the Most Underreported Story award has to go to Republican obstructionism in Congress -- particularly in the Senate. The minority party has successfully blocked dozens and dozens of good ideas, including every change to President Bush's Iraq policy proposed (except the one the White House told them to let through so Bush could veto it). The Republicans in the Senate have used the cloture vote ("filibustering," even though it technically isn't) more times in a single year than any other Senate has done in two years' time.
And through it all, they have successfully spun their obstructionism to the mainstream media as "Democrats can't get anything done in Congress." But more on that in a bit.
And through it all, they have successfully spun their obstructionism to the mainstream media as "Democrats can't get anything done in Congress." But more on that in a bit.
And then casual commentators wonder why the electorate is "angry" and "fed up" with Washington. I'd say it is dysfunction in the Congress, or blame the special interests for keeping everyone in trace; but really, there is a case to be made that it is the GOP that is keeping the Congress from getting the People's business done.
Many of these blocked votes were on topics with overwhelming popular support. ...
