After pointless Repug delay, aid for Ukraine

Kevin Drum:

The Ukraine vote was 311-112, and that was the closest of the four. All of this was massively popular and bipartisan, but it still took months just to get a vote.

And yet—the bills did eventually pass. It's appalling that it took so long thanks to a small band of malcontents, but they did pass. 

Somehow, in our usual chaotic, backhanded, slapdash way, the United States once again has managed to do something big. This keeps happening despite everything. 

We keep saying that the country is ungovernable these days, but in the end, usually after thrashing around for an embarrassingly long time, we govern.

So what's the point? As best as I can tell, the end result is this: (a) we get as much done as we ever have, but (b) a lot more people get pissed off about it. 

I don't even know if this is a conscious strategy, but it's what the Republican Party has been all about ever since Newt Gingrich took over....