I’m old enough to remember when Republican President Ronald Reagan, during his 1988 state of the union address, dropped a heavy stack of papers, comprising that year’s budgeting megabill, next to the podium. He declared that “Congress shouldn’t send another one,” otherwise he would not sign it.
He got a rare bipartisan standing ovation for that.
Many of you are old enough to remember when former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of the Affordable Care Act, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."
Her next sentence clarified that she meant the bill could be understood best “away from the fog of the controversy." But that first sentence soon became a political rallying cry for some Republicans upset with the passage of a bill so large no one could properly digest it.
Times change. This is a much more hyper-partisan period in history. It’s apparently so partisan that party faithful don’t get the irony.
He got a rare bipartisan standing ovation for that.
Many of you are old enough to remember when former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of the Affordable Care Act, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."
Her next sentence clarified that she meant the bill could be understood best “away from the fog of the controversy." But that first sentence soon became a political rallying cry for some Republicans upset with the passage of a bill so large no one could properly digest it.
Times change. This is a much more hyper-partisan period in history. It’s apparently so partisan that party faithful don’t get the irony.
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