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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 SILVER
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Subject: Re: 49'ers Can Still Win The Super Bowl
Date: 02/14/24 11:29 AM
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When Johnson said DOA, the Senate just gave up so that is why I call t one time.

Ah. I think that's a mistaken interpretation. Johnson said the bill was DOA before the terms were released publicly. That's a pretty clear indication that Johnson's position wasn't merely that the specific bill was unacceptable, but that any bill would be unacceptable and wouldn't move forward in the House. He didn't say that there were terms that were unacceptable, or concepts that would have to be modified before House approval could be granted. He put the kibosh on the whole process.

That's why McConnell "just gave up" - so that Lankford and other GOP Senators wouldn't be twisting in the wind taking political shots to negotiate changes to a proposal that would never get approved, no matter what it said. Between Johnson and Trump's later comments, it was immediately apparent that no bill would get put on the House floor. So that pretty much ended the process.

I share your lament for the loss of opportunity, but the Lankford/Sinema proposal was not take it or leave it. McConnell made the call (correctly IMHO) that Johnson wouldn't/couldn't get any bill passed in the House.
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