Push the button.... on CW2.
Once this nation is schizophrenically zig-zagging from D to R back to D, with huge pendulum swings in agenda, it’s time.
Of what possible benefit is the filibuster? Is it any more than grandstanding to put off the inevitable? What am I missing?
If they move to eliminate it, that means they are 100% confident they will never be in the minority again.
Ask yourself why they would think that.
I’d totally be for eliminating the procedural filibuster, and requiring Senators to perform their filibuster ING while standing at a lectern.
Even better would be a requirement for every senator to be able to demonstrate their capacity to perform a cogent filibuster of a minimum eight hour length once a year as a condition of their continued eligibility for office. Video of this yearly filibuster would be accessible to the public and usable in campaign commercials.
The filibuster is not a super majority requirement. You don’t need a super majority to pass legislation. It is used to end debate. If McConnell had any balls, he could force the Dems to stand at the podium 24/7 until they gave up. Instead, they just refuse to bring up the bill for debate unless they have 60 votes. Cowards.
I would favor this on appropriations bills. Trump would have had his wall if he hadn’t needed 60 votes in the Senate. I think the filibuster still has a role to play in other legislation though.
If you’re out of power and the government passes appropriations you don’t like, win the election and change them back.
Since voter fraud allows democrats to win EVERY race that’s within the margin of error it won’t be long before they control both houses of Congress.
Totally agree. If they take over we will have lost any chance to recover the nation. They will continue to flood the nation with illegals and we will never again have the power to vote in our way of life. Our only options will be to segregate from them or use brute force against them.
There is still one option if President Trump is unable to turn the ship. We still have not tried the Constitutional Convention/Convention of States option and I will not give up on our President.
Of course they will.
McConnel didn’t get rid of it because he wanted Democrat cover because he opposed the conservative agenda.
He wanted an excuse for “failure”.
Forget the Russians , Chinese or Islam the Dems are the real enemy of the US
Democrats still pretending they have new ideas that will work Obama winks.