alan
Member
Heard on a couple of news broadcasts this A.M. that this Medicare Bill, of which I'm no great fan, has been passed in the Senate.
Re this, I also heard your quoted objections to the manner in which the bill was treated in The House, that being, "rammed through The House in the dead of night", which unfortunately seems to be the way important legislation is all to often handled by our "elected things".
With a view to your comments, above appearing, the following thoughts come to my mind, respecting a couple of old adages, adages that you are likely familiar with. Re Shakespeare on the virtue of the wife of Julius Caesar, "Me thinks that the lady doth to much protest her innocence". Another is the following, "It depends on whose ox is being gored", the foregoing revolving about the following.
Re passage of The Brady Law in 1993, which you were a strong supporter of, it was literally rammed through The Senate, "in the dead of night", and it's passage involved the presence of no more than six (6) or so of 100 Senators. Trusting to my memory, which matter of fact, is pretty good respecting technical points, one doesn't remember hearing a peep of objection from you, re the manner in which Brady was "rammed through The Senate, in the dead of night".
On Medicare legislation, poor thing that it might be, at least a majority of the members of The House were present, which is one whole hell of a lot more than can be said for The Senate, and it's passage of Brady, as well as the deafening silence that one heard from the Senior Senator from Mass.
In the event, unlikely, that I get any response, I will post that too, for the interest of readers.
Re this, I also heard your quoted objections to the manner in which the bill was treated in The House, that being, "rammed through The House in the dead of night", which unfortunately seems to be the way important legislation is all to often handled by our "elected things".
With a view to your comments, above appearing, the following thoughts come to my mind, respecting a couple of old adages, adages that you are likely familiar with. Re Shakespeare on the virtue of the wife of Julius Caesar, "Me thinks that the lady doth to much protest her innocence". Another is the following, "It depends on whose ox is being gored", the foregoing revolving about the following.
Re passage of The Brady Law in 1993, which you were a strong supporter of, it was literally rammed through The Senate, "in the dead of night", and it's passage involved the presence of no more than six (6) or so of 100 Senators. Trusting to my memory, which matter of fact, is pretty good respecting technical points, one doesn't remember hearing a peep of objection from you, re the manner in which Brady was "rammed through The Senate, in the dead of night".
On Medicare legislation, poor thing that it might be, at least a majority of the members of The House were present, which is one whole hell of a lot more than can be said for The Senate, and it's passage of Brady, as well as the deafening silence that one heard from the Senior Senator from Mass.
In the event, unlikely, that I get any response, I will post that too, for the interest of readers.