The GOP House tries adding an amendment to ban gay marriage (like with the Obamacare repeal effort - it will fail and cost money)
Sometimes, Republicans just don't know which fights to pick, do they? Like with trying to repeal Obamacare 37 times and failing all thirty-seven of those times, Kansas Representative and man voted most likely to be the hybrid of a tramp and a KKK member - Tim Huelskamp - said this in response to the Supreme Court's DOMA ruling yesterday:
"My response to this will be later this week to file a federal marriage amendment."
Recent CNN and Gallup polls have shown that a majority of Americans believe that gay marriages should be recognized by federal law (55% in the CNN poll and 53% in the Gallup poll), yet what did Mr. Huelskamp have to say about this?
"A majority of Americans don't like President Obama as president, but he's still the president. What did not happen is what the court and then the folks pushing for [DOMA repeal] hoped would happen: that it would end the debate. The debate is not over."
At this current time, 46.4% of Americans approve of President Obama as president and 48.3% of American's disapprove (net -1.9%). As far as Congress goes, which Mr. Huelskank is a part, 14.4% of Americans support the job it's doing, while 78.2% disapprove (net -63.8%). So, I wouldn't be talking too much smack about the president's job approval if I were Mr. Huelstank.
Like with Obamacare, Mr. Huelskamp's (I'll get the name right this time) proposed amendment to ban gay marriage has no chance of getting through the Democrat-controlled Senate or of being signed by Democratic President Barack Obama. Until Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House, this will have absolutely no chance of passing, and will just wind up costing taxpayers millions of dollars just like all those failed repeal efforts of Obamacare. But, sure, keep on trying, Mr. Huelstank, and before you know it, Congress's approval rating will be even lower and the GOP will have to try and win back both Chambers of Congress, along with the presidency.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/rep-tim-huelskamp-to-file-constitutional-amendment-to-restore-doma-93430.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/rep-tim-huelskamp-to-file-constitutional-amendment-to-restore-doma-93430.html
http://realclearpolitics.com/
"My response to this will be later this week to file a federal marriage amendment."
Recent CNN and Gallup polls have shown that a majority of Americans believe that gay marriages should be recognized by federal law (55% in the CNN poll and 53% in the Gallup poll), yet what did Mr. Huelskamp have to say about this?
"A majority of Americans don't like President Obama as president, but he's still the president. What did not happen is what the court and then the folks pushing for [DOMA repeal] hoped would happen: that it would end the debate. The debate is not over."
At this current time, 46.4% of Americans approve of President Obama as president and 48.3% of American's disapprove (net -1.9%). As far as Congress goes, which Mr. Huelskank is a part, 14.4% of Americans support the job it's doing, while 78.2% disapprove (net -63.8%). So, I wouldn't be talking too much smack about the president's job approval if I were Mr. Huelstank.
Like with Obamacare, Mr. Huelskamp's (I'll get the name right this time) proposed amendment to ban gay marriage has no chance of getting through the Democrat-controlled Senate or of being signed by Democratic President Barack Obama. Until Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House, this will have absolutely no chance of passing, and will just wind up costing taxpayers millions of dollars just like all those failed repeal efforts of Obamacare. But, sure, keep on trying, Mr. Huelstank, and before you know it, Congress's approval rating will be even lower and the GOP will have to try and win back both Chambers of Congress, along with the presidency.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/rep-tim-huelskamp-to-file-constitutional-amendment-to-restore-doma-93430.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/rep-tim-huelskamp-to-file-constitutional-amendment-to-restore-doma-93430.html
http://realclearpolitics.com/
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