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Dems bend over again
July 10, 2007 ( politics )
The Democrats have dropped their call for giving TSA employees the right to collectively bargain as part of the bill aimed to respond to the critiques of the 9/11 Commission report (many already belong to unions, but are denied the right to bargain collectively).
First, uh, guys, it's 2007. Why have we been worrying about immigration reform and Iraq legislation if we haven't even fixed the massive gaping holes the report uncovered?
Second - who cares if Bush has threatened to veto it. F it. Make him veto the damned thing. Make him clarify that he hates legal unionization and the concept of collective bargaining of a small group of Federal employees more than he values the safety of the entire American public. Make the rest of the GOP make their views on labor rights vs safety clear if by their vote on overturning the veto. Who knows, enabling collective bargaining of TSA employees might help security by streamlining their work and dropping the pointless endeavors they've been forced to enact (shoes, water...)
In other words: stop trying to cooperate. The neocon crowd won't return the favor and won't come to the table unless they get their way. If your goal is to pass legislation, you're going to have to give in to the neocon crowd every time; this isn't compromise, this is surrender. You have control of the house, start acting like it, start sending bills to the hill, regardless of Bush's veto threats. If it's a good bill, you have a decent chance of overturning it with some aisle-crossing vote-pandering republicans.
Posted by griffjon at July 10, 2007 01:32 PM
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