What to Do about Faithless Democrats?(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, June, 2001 by Denison, Dave
Is there anything the Democratic Party can do to rein in wayward Senate Democrats who continue to deliver legislative victories to President George W. Bush?
By supporting Bush's massive tax cut, for example, Democrats not only give the president boasting rights about providing tax relief--they also allow him to claim that he is making bipartisanship work in Washington. On the key tax vote--which came on May 10 when the Senate voted 53-47 for a budget resolution supporting an 11-year, $1.35-trillion cut--five Senate Democrats joined the Republican side. The faithless five: Max ...
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