In a country with a parliamentary system, a Prime Minister is chosen by the party with a majority in parliament, or by a coalition of parties if none of them has a majority. The Prime Minister then proposes laws and normally they are enacted by parliament. If parliament rejects an important bill, the Prime Minister has the option to call an election, and let the people decide which they think is right.
Here in the United States, the process is different. In order to become law, the Affordable Care Act has to get a majority of votes in the House of Representatives and 60 out of 100 votes in the U.S. Senate. It then had to be signed by the President and reviewed by the Supreme Court. It seems to me that, whether or not you agree with the law, that ought to be enough.
But now the Republicans in…
View original post 335 more words