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POLITICAL PARTIES Flashcards

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EVIDENCE FOR THERE BEING HIGH LEVELS OF PARTISANSHIP?

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-2022 senate judiciary commitee voted 53-47 for Kentanji Brown which show high levels of partisanship.

-Inflation reduction Act 2022 was 100 percent partisan when voted through as seen by all republicans voting against it and so kamala harris was needed for a tie brake vote.

THEREFORE PARTIES ARE NOT UNITED

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Some recent evidence of Republican disunity if congressional votes?

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-February 2024 Senate vote on Ukraine aid backed by 22 republican senators but opposed by 27.

-2022 same sex marriage acts 12 senates republicans and 39 house republicans.

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Some recent evidence of Democrat disunity if congressional votes?

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Jan 2024 – NYC Mayor Eric Adams vetoed city council bills on policing
and crime

Jan 2024 – 10 Democrat senators (and Rand Paul) voted for a motion
tightening up conditions for US aid to Israel

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