mtelesha t1_ix7q6ju wrote
Reply to comment by bcarter3 in Democrat takes lead in 151st Pa. House seat; a win there gives Dems a nominal claim to House majority by Mijbr090490
Well it was Bill Clinton as the leader of the DNC and also signed the law into effect. He still claims it was a good bill and blames local and state governments.
https://www.factcheck.org/2016/04/bill-clinton-and-the-1994-crime-bill/
bcarter3 t1_ixai3ma wrote
I believe you misunderstand how government works.
The President is not the leader of the DNC. In 1994-1995, the Chairs of the Democratic National Committee were David Wilhelm, (1993–1994), and Debra DeLee, (1994–1995).
The DNC does not set policy for the Democratic party, nor does it dictate how a member of the party must vote.
As mentioned in my original post, the Three Strike law was passed by the Senate with 95 senators voting in favor. Even if the President had wanted to veto the bill, which he did not, any veto would be easily overridden by the nearly unanimous members of the Senate who supported the bill, and seen as an attempt to deny the will of the people.
mtelesha t1_ixb024n wrote
I think you fail to understand that the chair of any political party is in charge of anything passed in legislation. At most they set up party's platform.
Bill Clinton was super proud of this legislation. He claimed victory.
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