Blockage

I wrote the other day about some nonsense comment made by a Democratic pundit about Congress. In essence the commentor said that Dems had better get some legislation through or else. I pointed out that this is idiotic as a narrowly split government with a nutbar President can block virtually any legislation is chooses. Well, here's exhibit "A":

Senate conservatives “effectively killed a measure that would have let Americans buy prescription medicines from foreign suppliers, which sponsors said could have saved consumers billions of dollars.” A ‘poison pill’ amendment from Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) passed 49-40 in a “major victory for the pharmaceutical industry.”

This will ultimately be a Congress without a lot of legislative successes. It's success will be in stemming the bleeding from a nutbar President and his minions. It will not be until there is Democratic leadership in the White House that anything can really be moved forward.