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Mark Levin said that our GOP Senators should suspend the filibuster to pass DHS without Amnesty
March 2, 2015 | Ralph Mitchell

Posted on 03/02/2015 5:41:49 AM PST by mitchell001

Last week, Mark Levin, a Constitutional expert, suggested that the GOP senators should suspend the filibuster. There is nothing in the Constitution which requires the arcane filibuster rules. Besides we need a weapon to defend the citizens against Obama's lawlessness. Even if Obama Vetoes the DHS bill without Amnesty, the American people will see the Dems defending Obama's lawlessness if they do not vote to override the veto. Let's tell our Senators to cut to the chase and suspend the filibuster and pass the House version of DHS without Amnesty. The GOP promised the electorate that they would stop Amnesty and repeal Obamacare, etc.. The GOP Senators must suspend the filibuster for the rest of Obama's term to fight for the American people and push back against Obama's lawlessness. The American people could care less about the filibuster. Let's cut the snobbery, suspend the filibuster and start fighting for what the American people want now!


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; belongsinchat; dhs; filibuster; levin
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To: The_Victor

Well, the budget isn’t exactly make-believe if you consider that it deals with taxation. Which, logically, should be a lot more contentious than spending.

Thats a big reason for Reconciliation: preventing filibusters of new tax policy. And it was used to great effect to ram through one of the most significant tax policies in US history: Obamacare.


21 posted on 03/02/2015 6:24:31 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter
Yup, who could forget 0bamacare. But most reporting didn't really detail (probably intentionally so as to keep the peasants from revolting) the Senate rules with regard to Reconciliation. Whether it's tax policy or appropriations that permitted 0bamacare to use Reconciliation was never made clear.
22 posted on 03/02/2015 6:29:16 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: mitchell001

When will Mark Levin realize that McConnell would suspend the filibuster if he wanted to oppose 0bama and amnesty.

McConnell already knows what to do, he just doesn’t want to do it.

Levin better wake up and realize that McConnell and his ilk are the enemy.


23 posted on 03/02/2015 6:33:11 AM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats & GOPe delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: mitchell001

We need a bare knuckle brawler in the Senate and instead we have an elderly, saggy, turkey-neck.


24 posted on 03/02/2015 6:36:03 AM PST by turducken
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To: mitchell001

The Senate wimp would like to see amnesty go through. After all he IS bought and paid for by the big money donors who also want cheap labor.


25 posted on 03/02/2015 6:36:25 AM PST by JayAr36 (Republicans. When you compromise with evil, EVIL wins.)
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To: mitchell001

There are a LOT of things Republican senators SHOULD do...

We shall see.


26 posted on 03/02/2015 6:41:24 AM PST by lordpumblechook
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To: mitchell001

Of course they should changes the rule. That’s what the Democrats would do. But our guys are a bunch of cowards and blowhards. They’ll crap in their pants a little and blame everyone else for the smell.


27 posted on 03/02/2015 6:41:24 AM PST by abbastanza
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To: grumpygresh

Oh....Mark knows the enemies of America


28 posted on 03/02/2015 6:47:47 AM PST by goodnesswins (I think we've reached PEAK TYRANNY now.....)
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To: mitchell001

Do whatever it takes. But there are no balls in charge in the Senate.


29 posted on 03/02/2015 7:02:18 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: mitchell001

Our GOP Senators


There’s your first mistake. They are not OUR GOP Senators, they belong to The Cheap Labor Express. They have been bought and paid for and will deliver amnesty for their masters.
Their only trick is to make us think they resisted.


30 posted on 03/02/2015 7:15:02 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace- No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: mitchell001

Mark Levin is right. Mitch should have already done this, passed the original House bill and plopped it on Barry’s desk. Let him shut down the DHS to save his illegal activities. This would be a lot easier for the GOP to defend.


31 posted on 03/02/2015 7:25:18 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

That’s two strikes before the first pitch is delivered.


32 posted on 03/02/2015 7:45:49 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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To: mitchell001

I agree with Mark.


33 posted on 03/02/2015 8:19:20 AM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
That would require a backbone and guts. The GOPe have neither.

So true.

34 posted on 03/02/2015 8:24:15 AM PST by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: mitchell001
I may not understand the ins and outs of this, or just naive, but why wouldn't the GOP Senators suspend the filibuster to pass DHS without Amnesty? Why won't they fight and do what's right? Obama's 'executive amnesty' is unconstitutional, illegal, tyrannical, flies in the face of the rule of law and is a terrible precedent. This seems so, Okay, suspend the filibuster, pass DHS without Amnesty. . next issue. . . We have the votes, so let's do it and send it to the President.

Mark just said, "We've had a silent non-shooting coup. . We've already been fundamentally transformed and it's unraveling at breakneck speed into something truly frightening."

Mark on fire today. I recommend all FReepers listen to his audio rewind: http://www.stationcaster.com/player_skinned.php?s=2591&c=10771&f=4072033

Mark's home page: http://www.marklevinshow.com/

35 posted on 03/02/2015 8:32:05 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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