(02-06-2009 03:30 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  If we're going to end partisanship, then we can't see one party's use of it as okay and the others as not. How many Democrats didn't vote for the bill?? Those are the ONLY ones who you can say with any honest support were likely not acting in a partisan fashion.

I would say anyone willing to put up with the silliness involved in getting a little "D" or "R" next to their name has already proved that they're partisan!

(02-06-2009 03:30 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  When a political novice like me who has only read small parts of this bill can point out a a portion of the bill that is so easily improved upon, it is highly likely that honest people who have read it in more detail can as well... and by voting against an obviously flawed bill... ESPECIALLY when they're spending 1 Trillion Dollars [/pinkie at cheek] are acting in the best interest of the country, rather than simply being partisan.

Totally random - but can we get some kind of wiki-bill editing system? Like, you put it online and people can suggest changes, which people could vote up or down on (like in the chronicle comments or slashdot sense) - you'd have to be clever to filter out the noise, but if in the end you got good suggestions to hand back to congress, that would be pretty cool, wouldn't it?