Quick Fact(s) - Wasting Time With the Senate, the House and the RNC

1.   Wasting time in the Senate
Earlier this month, the Senate voted on a non-controversial resolution commemorating International Women's Day.  Resolutions of this sort require a unanimous vote and similar resolutions have been passed each March without much comment.  This year, the resolution presented to the Senate had to be edited after Ted Cruz (R-Texas) objected to a phrase that referred to women in developing countries as being "disproportionately affected by changes in climate because of their need to secure water, food and fuel for their livelihood".

A nearly identical phrase was included in last year's Senate resolution; but Mr. Cruz, in his first opportunity to vote on such a document, objected because "A provision expressing the Senate's views on such a controversial topic as 'climate change' has no place in a supposedly noncontroversial resolution requiring consent of all 100 U.S. senators".

Can this man seem any more ridiculous?  His conscience wouldn't allow him to vote for the resolution because it contained the words "changes in climate"?  What a waste of time, all to feed one man's out-sized ego.  Makes me wish for the days of Poppy Bush, when Republicans didn't demonize environmental science and during whose administration Congress passed the nation's first Clean Air Act with overwhelming Republican support.

And, really, how can we even begin to discuss an issue--no matter which side you take--if we cannot even utter the words identifying the subject?


2.   Wasting time in the House
 Last Wednesday, while Democrats held a news conference to celebrate the third anniversary of the passage of the ACA, the House spent their time voting on yet another measure that would dismantle the act.  

I guess we should give them points for persistence, but even a dog eventually realizes that all the meat is gone off his favorite bone.


3.   Wasting time with the RNC
The Republican National Committee has voted to spend $10M on an "aggressive marketing campaign" designed to reach out to minorities and women in order to educate them on "what it means to be Republican".

Thank you, but as a woman, my place in your world view has been clear for some time.  No need to spend anything on me, thank you.  As for minorities, Republican attempts to pass restrictive voting laws before last year's presidential election speaks pretty plainly to your position there too.  

But, hey, if you want to waste $10M, go ahead and knock yourself out.  Just remember that your money isn't going to make your actions any less egregious.