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Posted on 05/17/2013 5:44:03 PM PDT by mdittmar
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is increasingly focused on the month of July as the time to exercise the so-called “nuclear option” and revisit filibuster reform, and he has privately told top advisers that he’s all but certain to take action if the Senate GOP blocks three upcoming key nominations, a senior Senate Democratic aide familiar with his thinking tells me.
Reid has privately consulted with President Obama on the need to revisit filibuster reform, and the President has told the Majority Leader that he will support the exercising of the nuclear option if Reid opts for it, the aide says, adding that senior Democrats expect the President to publicly push for it as well. “If Senator Reid decides to do something on nominations, the president has said he’ll be there to support him,” the aide says.
Reid is eyeing a change to the rules that would do away with the 60-vote threshold on all judicial and executive branch nominations, the aide says, on the theory that this is a good way to immediately break an important logjam in Washington — without changing the rules when it comes to legislation.
“This would take away the right to filibuster on nominations,” the aide says. “All executive branch and judicial nominations would be subject to majority votes. He would not do it on legislative items.”
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Hmm?
Menendez: Senate could vote on immigration reform before July 4
"Nonetheless, he noted the need for the Democratic-controlled Senate to obtain a "pretty substantial" vote - at least 60 votes - to block any obstructionist efforts by opponents of reform."
how can he get the rules changed if it takes 60 votes for cloture to bring it up for a vote?
Reid wants to nuke Kansas.
Rhetorical?
Sounds good to me. Set Dingy down in the middle of Nevada and nuke him. That sure would “make the world a better place.”
A LOT of Republicans are rooting for him.
If this had been done before Bush-43, we’d have OUTSTANDING JUDGES on the Circuit Courts as well as drilling in Alaska, Social Security reform and many, many, other good things.
So, GO GET’M HARRY!!! We will win in the long term, and your side even knows that.
Dingy is a dingleberry.
As bizarre as it may sound, changes to the senate rules require a simple majority.
Question:
Does the House fund the Senate?
I hope Reid does it. Democrats go out of there way to filibuster one judicial nominee after the next, with absolutely no political repercussions whatsoever. If Reid does it, the next Republican President will do it too. Then we’ll get the judges we need in the right places.
Block all nominations through 2016.
What are the odds that harry schedules a vote on Immigration reform for July 4th?
Watch “Casino”,a film that tells the true story of the Mob’s control of a Las Vegas casino.Harry Reid is featured in the film,played by Dick Smothers,and he’s shown to be a slimey,crooked punk.As a Nevada State Senator he was the chairman of the State of Nevada’s Casino Control Commission.He was probably picking the pockets of fellow grade schoolers relieving them of their lunch money.
Hahaha. I don’t think you’d risk it, Harry. But I dare you. I’m sure it won’t worsen the growing image your party has as a corrupt power-grabbing band of thugs.
Dingy Harry doesn’t get it. That old game is over. He is over.
I’d suggest that by July things will be at such a stage that Dingy Harry trying to bring this back up will be a distant memory.
The Worthless-Little-Turdball Who Would Be King.
Mark Levin recommended the GOP Senate do this exact same thing in 2005, in his book and on his radio show.
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