Reid, Democrats trigger ‘nuclear’ option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees

[Red James Cash]

Reid, Democrats trigger ‘nuclear’ option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees

Reid, Democrats trigger ?nuclear? option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees - The Washington Post

 

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[Chadeaux]

Simple ******g TYRANNY!!!

 

[McKinney_5900]

Damned good move. The founding fathers would certainly agree too. Republicans are here for a simple reason after Obama was elected,,,to destroy all positive legislation from any Democrat!, even though it screws all Americans besides the super wealthy.

CASE CLOSED!

 

[Red James Cash]

Damned good move. The founding fathers would certainly agree too. Republicans are here for a simple reason after Obama was elected,,,to destroy all positive legislation from any Democrat!, even though it screws all Americans besides the super wealthy.

CASE CLOSED!

The NDAA was positive legislation? Welcome to the twilight zone,night gallery and the outerlimits all rolled into one

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

A brief history of the Senate filibuster fight

too funny...first your are for them, then against them now omg...their changing the rules that have allowed ignorant self serving congressmen to oppose rational legal change.

 

[onfire]

Damned good move. The founding fathers would certainly agree too. Republicans are here for a simple reason after Obama was elected,,,to destroy all positive legislation from any Democrat!, even though it screws all Americans besides the super wealthy.

CASE CLOSED!

And you don't think 90% of dem's in office arn't wealthy? Get real

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

Half the nominees filibustered in the history of the United States were blocked by Republicans during the Obama administration; of 23 district court nominees filibustered in U.S. history, 20 were Obama's nominees; and even judges that have broad bipartisan support have had to wait nearly 100 days longer, on average, than President George W. Bush's nominees.

Obstruction, McConnell said, began with the Democrats when they decided to filibuster Circuit Court nominees under Bush. "They made it up. They started it," he said, arguing that Republicans were only following their lead. His argument, though, raises the question of why eliminating the filibuster on such judges, if it was never used before 2000, should be seen as an historic development in the first place.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/senate-filibuster-reform_n_4316325.html

 

[packerbacker]

CAUTION: Slaughter ahead!! Keep the powder dry!

 

[packerbacker]

QUOTE: "Half the nominees filibustered in the history of the United States were blocked by Republicans during the Obama administration"
so, what's your point? You think maybe these "nominees" might be just some more screw-ups and the gop doesn't want to screw things up worse than they already are?

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

my point?
rational behavior.

filibuster has been used to avoid/block many items in the congress...long before now.

 

[Chadeaux]

And you don't think 90% of dem's in office arn't wealthy? Get real

• #10 - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein
• #9 - U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller
• #8 - U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul
• #7 - U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan
• #6 - U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl
• #5 - U.S. Rep. Jared Polis
• #4 - U.S. Sen. Mark Warner
• #3 - U.S. Sen. John Kerry
• #2 - U.S. Rep. Jane Harman
• #1 - U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

wow...proceed directly into extreme right turn....

not one mention of wealth...yet there they go...'that scream loudest'

 

[Dave44]

I think the biggest problem is that these nominees a extremist wackos with no experience. The best thing you could do is keep them out.

But I think this has a sunset. It is until such time as dems lose control. Then the new rule goes away.

 

[packerbacker]

pip, this is changing the number of votes needed to approve an "appointed" position to office. This will make it easier for ol' bozo to get his appointees approved. I guess if you loose elections in too many districts you just change the rules to make up for it. Of course dimwit says that now we will be safer because he can get more control on guns.

 

[packerbacker]

Here's how dumbo felt about the "nuclear option" in 2005
"I urge my Republican colleagues not to go through with changing these rules," he said on the Senate floor in 2005. "In the long run it is not a good result for either party. One day Democrats will be in the majority again and this rule change will be no fairer to a Republican minority than it is to a Democratic minority."