After health care, we need Senate reform

By Ezra Klein | Saturday, December 26, 2009 | The Washington Post

“…To understand why the modern legislative process is so bad, why every Senator seems able to demand a king’s ransom in return for his or her vote and no bill ever seems to be truly bipartisan, you need to understand one basic fact: The government can function if the minority party has either the incentive to make the majority fail or the power to make the majority fail. It cannot function if it has both….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/23/AR2009122301319_pf.html

 

 

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