Is anybody else proud to know that democracy is still alive in the U.S.?

Question

Republicans in the Senate have stopped the debate over the useless nonbinding resolution passed by the House. Let's hear it for democracy!!!!

Adam - de·moc·ra·cy (d-mkr-s) KEY

NOUN: Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

Every sixth grader can tell you that we live in a Democratically elected Republic, or sinse you have a problem with that,, a Republic based on Democracy.

Thanks for coming out though, your enlightened opinion means so much to me.

Answer 1

Should we write a law saying that if they write garbage laws. All the time they spend voting on them they aren't paid?

Answer 2

Actually, the Republican's were willing to debate, but only if they were permitted to offer amendments to the proposed resolution.

The Dem's didn't want to let them do that because it would force them to take a stand on whether or not they plan on cutting funding for the troops on the ground. That would not be politically expedient, so, being the majority, they refused to permit any amendments.

So who is hindering democracy?

If you want to take the partisanship out of it, the Dem's are running the Senate just like the Republican's did when they were the majority. And, the Republican's are responding just like the Dem's did when they were in the minority.

Answer 3

Yes but I would have preferred , to have seen a Real Backbone
calling on the Democrats to Support our Troops instead of the
Enemy.

Answer 4

i do no longer know that liberals are "proud" of that actuality, regardless of the undeniable fact that, that's the "widely used" they provide the impact of being to exalt. between the saddest video clips I truthfully have seen at present became into Eric Holder ADMITTING that he became into against the Arizona regulation (ref. 1070 - a 10 website checklist, which I truthfully have study, and can be study devoid of postpone in basic language) even nevertheless HE HADN'T yet study THE bill. the known public of the present group of legislators has "practiced" balloting to bypass or kill a bill in the past they have study it to comprehend it (see under links for articles on Eric Holder (US Atty Gen'l) and Nancy Pelosi(speaker of the domicile of Reps). that's between the justifications why we are in our present day project (debt growing to be out-of-administration, government growing to be out-of-administration, virtually NO public accountability, at the back of-closed-doorways beef bargains and bribes to get risky legislations handed., and so on.) nicely, i assume WE (the folk) ARE nevertheless left "hoping for exchange" - i know i'm!

Answer 5

Democracy. The original, the oldest.

Why did those people waste the taxpayers' time with that stupid memo? Don't they have jobs?

Answer 6

I don't think that proves democracy is still alive... that's what elections prove...

but that's how they voted... it proves that the senate votes and the rules are in place... that's about it...

Answer 7

Republicans didn't let a debate happen and that is Democracy how exactly?

Answer 8

The Amerrican democracy is still alive in Aboghrib, Iraq. It is stillm alive in Gwantanamo. It is still alive in Israel. It is still alive through the CIA and its dirty operations in the Europian airports. It is still alive on the corpses everywhere .

Answer 9

why the hell is democracy in the united states?

this country is a republic.

please go back to governmental basics, get a real education then you can at least pretend you know what your talking about.

Answer 10

The reason for the stoppage is that the Dems REFUSE to add any kind of amendment to the resolution. Thats the dems for you, their way or no way.