Remember The Employee Free Choice Act......

[rsmith6621]

..... I thought Obama said that was a first year priority to get passed???...Was I dreaming or was it just more pretty the right thing to say words..... This was his baby I guess it died....

[readmoreoften]

1. The banks used the TARP funds he gave them to kill it.

Remember that?

[Occam Bandage]

2. It was. It didn't pass the Senate. Republicans blocked it.

Obama does not have the power to sign bills that do not pass the Senate into law. He is a President, not a king.

[SoCalDem]

3. It (like many other things) failed because

even when we had 60 "sure votes", we could never count on them voting as a bloc.. republicans only need 40 committed goons to block our progress,. they always stick together:(
We need 80 dems in the senate to ever really be sure of much.. and I don't see that happening in my lifetime.


Do you see much "progress" ahead..?

I don't see many "flips" from R to D, BUT I see a HELL of a lot that will flip D to R

[Occam Bandage]

4. That is correct. Democratic party unity is practically a contradiction in terms.

Some seem to believe the solution is to fracture the party further.

[SoCalDem]

5. I added a map..check it out.. It gets WORSE

[amborin]

6. Obama did zip to help get it passed

Labor Chief Takes Swipe At Obama For Not Helping Push EFCA
Okay, this is interesting: SEIU chief Andy Stern is now openly venting frustration with Obama for not doing anything to help push the Employee Free Choice Act.

Stern’s comments about Obama are buried in this Washington Post report on a meeting Stern held with the paper’s editorial board yesterday. Stern and another top SEIU official said Obama’s other priorities had left the unions alone in their quest for the 60 Senate votes they need to break the GOP filibuster.

“We respect that we have a job to do to line up enough votes without him,” Stern said. “I don’t think there’s any question that he says there will be a vote, that this bill’s time has arrived and he will do whatever is in his power to bring this home. We just aren’t there yet.”

Despite the polite tone, that’s a surprisingly direct shot at Obama. Stern says that Obama, who supports EFCA but hasn’t made it a big priority, has done nothing at all to corral support.

Stern’s comments reflect a growing frustration in labor circles that certain Democratic leaders have done nothing to prevent Dem Senators from wavering, or defecting entirely, on their top priority. This, despite the massive organizational effort labor made in 2008 on behalf of Obama and the Dem Congressional majority.

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/labor/labor-chief-takes-swipe-at-obama-for-not-helping-push-efca/