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2020 Dems take aim at filibuster, say Senate tradition should 'go the way of history'
Fox News ^ | 3/21/2019 | Paul Steinhauser

Posted on 03/21/2019 5:23:19 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

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To: antidemoncrat

It should be the old fillibuster: on the floor speaking.

That worked and there was no good reason to change it.


21 posted on 03/21/2019 7:52:47 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: a fool in paradise

If dems don’t win a senate majority in 2020 they might shut up about this. But why wouldn’t they want to form a dem-rino coalition to get to 51? Murkowski, Romney...


22 posted on 03/21/2019 8:32:26 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: Captain Compassion
The Dems would have to win the Senate.

The Dems plan on winning the Senate.

I believe those odds are unfavorable, but they are not impossible. There are too many (22) Republican Senators up for re-election in 2020. There are two few (12) Democrat Senators up for re-election in 2020.

Gardner(R) will lose in Colorado, and Collins(R) will lose in Maine. Why would people elect a RINO when they can have a real Leftist Democrat? Those States are going solid Blue.

On the other hand, Jones(D) will lose in Alabama, and Shaheen (D) will lose in New Hampshire.

That leaves 30 other races. Four of those races look like toss-ups to me, the rest look solid for the incumbent party. A lot can happen in 18 months. I do not expect the Senate to change hands, but it would behoove the Republicans to keep up the pressure.

And Democrat vote fraud will be at flagrant levels never before seen. It is time to get the preventive measures in place right now.

23 posted on 03/21/2019 8:57:27 PM PDT by flamberge
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24 posted on 03/21/2019 9:00:56 PM PDT by eaglestar
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...in hopes of passing a sweeping progressive agenda should they make it to the White House.
Just in case the Senate meets in the White House? :^) They don't have control of the Senate, nor are they likely to gain it, and they aren't likely to hold the House in 2020, either. The Demwits will be screwing themselves, just as they will if they manage to pass the NPV "reform".

25 posted on 03/21/2019 10:07:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (this tagline space is now available)
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To: antidemoncrat
They actually think they're going to win in 2020.
26 posted on 03/22/2019 1:17:17 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: antidemoncrat

I am perfectly fine with that. Make the SOB’s take an up-or-down vote on EVERY issue and let the chips fall where they may.


27 posted on 03/22/2019 6:04:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: antidemoncrat

What if the Democrats never win another election, and go the way of the Whigs instead?


28 posted on 03/22/2019 6:41:38 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: CMS

If he had done this, everything... would have been passed. No more Schumer, Pelosi etc.

We missed a golden opportunity.


29 posted on 03/22/2019 7:11:41 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: butlerweave
Save a ton and just have One party ,D’oh

We already do.

30 posted on 03/22/2019 7:58:20 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: antidemoncrat

“Democratic presidential candidates who are considering scrapping long-standing Senate procedure “

A President can’t scrap a Senate rule.


31 posted on 03/22/2019 8:15:03 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: antidemoncrat

They absolutely should have ended the filibuster 2 years ago, but I don’t think we can lay this one at McConnell’s feet. There’s no way he would have had the votes.


32 posted on 03/22/2019 9:04:42 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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Not exactly. All the Democrats have to do is tell the Republicans what they want. The Republicans will make it happen.

I hope so. When Trump is re-elected and the GOP takes back the House in 2020, the Republicans should give the Democrats what they want and end the filibuster.
33 posted on 03/22/2019 9:06:25 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: The Pack Knight

The majority leader of the Senate has the power to change the rules like Harry Reid did for federal judges and McConnell also did for Supreme Court judges.


34 posted on 03/22/2019 9:29:52 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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Filibustering is just the way the minority party uses to try to slow and stop the ruling party’s progress.

“The cloture rule was adopted at a time when deliberations in the Senate had ground to a halt, frustrating President Wilson during a time of war.

At the end of the session in 1917, lawmakers filibustered for 23 days against Wilson’s proposal to arm merchant ships, according to the Senate Historian’s office. The delay tactic also hampered efforts to pass other important legislation.”

I guess if filibuster could be used to stall Executive actions in time of war it may not be such a great idea.


35 posted on 03/22/2019 9:47:16 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Captain Compassion

Yes they would have to take the Senate to do it. It was Harry Reid who started all of this by using the nuclear option to get Obama’s Federal Judges confirmed.


36 posted on 03/22/2019 9:50:22 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: antidemoncrat
Mouth-breather


37 posted on 03/22/2019 12:09:34 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: antidemoncrat

The majority leader does not have the power to change Senate rules unilaterally. Harry Reid didn’t change the rules, and neither did McConnell. A majority of the Senate voted to change the rules, each time.

That power to change the rules belongs to the Senate, by majority vote. If McConnell doesn’t have 51 votes, he can’t change the rules. I guarantee there were at least 4 Republican senators who would have voted against removing the filibuster.


38 posted on 03/22/2019 12:40:27 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Berosus

Demographics is destiny.

Idiocracy explains it well...


39 posted on 03/22/2019 1:30:29 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: antidemoncrat

The disturbing part of this is that when they get power (and it will happen sooner or later) they clearly intend to never relinquish it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C6GZQ7UNaU


40 posted on 03/22/2019 2:10:34 PM PDT by beef (Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
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