Remember I always have a
Super Secret, Super Genius Plan.
Posted on 03/23/2018 7:10:20 PM PDT by McGruff
Why are Republicans worried about a shutdown? I say shut down the government for a lengthy period of time.
He's running for Senate?
Why is that hole still here?
I want him to feel the divine electric power of “The Lord”.
(put your hand on the radio)
Nah. You and I agree that both the House and the Senate are full of liars, albeit that most of them are very accomplished at it.
Hope you have a great day!
God is messing with us and thinks we’re angels....?
God is messing with us and thinks we’re angels....?
“Do they need 51 votes to change Senate rules?
Yes.”
“They don’t have them.”
That is what I thought. Collins, McCain and McConnell himself, plus others I suspect.
Strike down the 17th amendment
Add Graham, Corker, Flake, Rubio, and probably half a dozen others.
When it opened, the Senate Rules had a "call for the vote." That was eliminated in 1808, setting the possibility for delay on taking the vote, simply by dint of one member refusing to consent to vote.
Treaty of Versailles was a breaking point, and cloture was LOOSENING, not tightening, the "unlimited debate, no calling the vote" rule arrangement that had been in place since 1808.
Since then, the cloture threshold has been gradually reduced or lowered to where it is now.
The Senate is a dysfunctional deliberative body, operating on a minority veto basis. Cloture is fine, if it is not abused. But it has been converted into a minority veto system, or suprmajority required to pass system.
The Senate is populated with selfish degernerates.
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