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The House vote on the Cut, Cap and Balance bill is deemed "bi-partisan". Is it?
The House vote on the Cut, Cap and Balance bill is deemed "bi-partisan". Is it?
i thought the vote followed party lines?
abc news said:Democrats were nearly unanimous in their opposition to the bill, although Reps. Dan Boren, Jim Cooper, Jim Matheson, Mike McIntyre and Heath Shuler all joined the Republicans in supporting the measure.
Close but not quite 100%.
House Passes Cut, Cap and Balance; Faces Stiff Opposition in Senate - The Note
The House vote on the Cut, Cap and Balance bill is deemed "bi-partisan". Is it?
The House vote on the Cut, Cap and Balance bill is deemed "bi-partisan". Is it?
All you need is one to be able to spin it as such.
For me personally though, I need between a fifth and a fourth of the other party voting for it for me to truly buy it as honestly "bi-partisan". My general feeling:
0-1% of the opposite party voting for it = Party Lines, partisan bill
2%-20% = non-party line, mildly partisan bill
21-50% = Bi-partisan bill
50% 0 100% = Non-partisan bill
That's my rough view on it
I agree with the 21-50%. It seems like less the majority party suckered the opposing party with personal deals and that ain't real bi-partisan behavior. That said though, just because a bunch of Dems and Reps voted for it doesn't mean it's good. Bi-partisan bills aren't necessarily any better for the country then partisan bills.
The House vote on the Cut, Cap and Balance bill is deemed "bi-partisan". Is it?
I pick a purely arbitrary 10 %. If you can get 10 % of the other party to support your bill, it can be considered bipartisan.
Note that this is purely an arbitrary number chosen by putting almost a whole seconds thought into it.
It's all spin. There hasn't been a truly bi-partisan bill in as long as I can remember.
The bill would cut total spending by $111 billion in FY 2012 and caps total federal spending by creating a “glide path” that limits spending at 22.5 percent of GDP next year
I agree with the 21-50%. It seems like less the majority party suckered the opposing party with personal deals and that ain't real bi-partisan behavior. That said though, just because a bunch of Dems and Reps voted for it doesn't mean it's good. Bi-partisan bills aren't necessarily any better for the country then partisan bills.