No disrespect intended—But if the GOP did capture the Senate, and held the House, what would change from the way things are today?
It would. The 14 Gangsters would rear their ugly heads again.
They only seem to show up when the GOP has a senate majority.
Having both houses would limit lame duck "flexibility", at least to some extent.
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GOP favored legislation wouldn't die on the vine in the Senate and would actually get to Obama's desk. He would actually have to either sign it or veto it, but he couldn't continue to argue that we have a "do nothing congress." Remember, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid got rid of the rules preventing a minorty from stalling votes in the Senate. We could use those rules against the Democrats in 2015 and 2016. We could inflict lots of damage on Democrats by passing popular legislation and having Obama veto much of it.
I think the most important thing at stake will be the ability to block Pres. Ebola’s SCOTUS nominations.
No disrespect intended—But if the GOP did capture the Senate, and held the House, what would change from the way things are today?
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Every single Senate Comittee would be chaired by a Republican. Ted Cruz might head one of those committees. No more Harry Reid sitting on House passed measures.
For one thing, get rid of Harry Reid who has 300 House Bills he refuses to let come up for a vote.
Oh and there is that little issue of nominating a Supreme Court judge should a vacancy become open.....
Reid would not be able to sit on 0ver 300 bills that passed the house.
No, yours is a very good question. The answer is: NOTHING CHANGES.
Gridlock would continue (that's a positive IMO) however the collective Republican Party lacks the balls to actually face down Obama and cut government spending.
How do I know? Because they haven't cut a single thing since Obama got elected in the House of Representatives. The House hold the checkbook and appropriates funds. They've cut nothing/nothing meaningful. The over-spending party will continue, Gridlock may/may not mean no new laws get passed -- which again, I view as a good thing. Every day these corrupt bastards don't pass new laws is a day we still have some of our freedoms left!
With the nuclear option, and with Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia well within their respectivr actuarial stroke/heart attack zones given age, weight and ethnicity, 51 Republican Senators is the difference between their replacement being a 68 year old Clinton appointee with a 20 year record of judicial moderation or a 43 year old leftist firebrand who hasn’t ever had a real job or a paying client.
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