They have the two appointees at the labor relations board, and harry reid was getting pulled from other groups. look at what the obstructionism was actually preventing. look at what the cordray vote turned out to be, 66 votes in favor. so the obstructing his nomination meant you were obstructing not just majority rule in the senate. you were obstructing the bipartisan view of two thirds of the senate. and you were taking a law that was duly passed by congress, and saying we re not going to let that law take effect. and i don t think we can overlook the fact that having cordray confirmed, this has really substantive effects. when people apply for credit cards, they have a substantial place in government that is going to try to keep them from getting ripped off. there is tonight, a wonderful consequence to the republican obstructionism, we have cordray
Congress, and saying we re not going to let that law take effect. and i don t think we can overlook the fact that having cordray confirmed, this has really substantive effects. when people apply for credit cards, they have a substantial place in government that is going to try to keep them from getting ripped off. there is tonight, a wonderful consequence to the republican obstructi obstructionism, we have cordray and elizabeth warren. instead of in that job she couldn t even be nominated because of the sense of how strong the republican occupancy was. cordray is in that part because she pushed him. she is a very big advocate. so you have this very strong person there, and the godmother of this raising hell in a good way on the senate floor. and putting more pressure on the
Board anymore, democracy didn t matter anymore. those girls did end saving their school, but just barely. here is the crazy thing. the thing that we have been digging for since we first got wind of this story last week. it is something it is astounding enough that i almost can t believe it, i have to tell of you. my mind almost cannot compute what i m about to tell you. we can tell you this with confidence. under the michigan constitution, remember, again, you can only make a law take effect immediately if you have a 2/3 majority, a super majority. michigan republicans don t have that. in the house they don t have a 2/3 majority. in order to get a 2/3 vote, house republicans would need the help of almost a dozen democrats. you need 63 lawmakers on your side before you get what the state constitution says you can have if you want that immediate effect, right? you need 73 votes to take effect right away. so for the emergency manager law, for example, democrats voted against that law in
Board anymore, democracy didn t matter anymore. those girls did end saving their school, but just barely. here is the crazy thing. the thing that we have been digging for since we first got wind of this story last week. . it is something it is astounding enough that i almost can t believe it, i have to tell of you. my mind almost cannot compute what i m about to tell you. we can tell you this with confidence. under the michigan constitution, remember, again, you can only make a law take effect immediately if you have a 2/3 majority, a super majority. michigan republicans don t have that. in the house they don t have a 2/3 majority. in order to get a 2/3 vote, house republicans would need the help of almost a dozen democrats. you need 63 lawmakers on your side before you get what the state constitution says you can have if you want that immediate effect, right? you need 73 votes to take effect right away. so for the emergency manager law, for example, democrats voted against that law
Board anymore, democracy didn t matter anymore. those girls did end saving their school, but just barely. here is the crazy thing. the thing that we have been digging for since we first got wind of this story last week. it is something it is astounding enough that i almost can t believe it, i have to tell of you. my mind almost cannot compute what i m about to tell you. we can tell you this with confidence. under the michigan constitution, remember, again, you can only make a law take effect immediately if you have a 2/3 majority, a super majority. michigan republicans don t have that. in the house they don t have a 2/3 majority. in order to get a 2/3 vote, house republicans would need the help of almost a dozen democrats. you need 63 lawmakers on your side before you get what the state constitution says you can have if you want that immediate effect, right? you need 73 votes to take effect right away. so for the emergency manager law, for example, democrats voted against that law in