That said, it'd be good to get a Constitutional Amendment to anchor the 60 vote super majority requirement.
Let them try. All hell will break loose if they even think about doing that!
If they think they got the asses kicked on Nov 2nd they haven’t seen anything if they try more railroading through more of the same crap!
Conservatives in the Senate?
Is that a joke?
We must keep an eye on them.
They are more dangerous now than ever, because many of them have NOTHING to lose. Especially those in the House.
We could see more horror here in these next two months than we have seen during the past two years.
The filibuster rules were changed years ago so that, instead of the nonstop Congressional sessions that led to reading the phone book, etc., all one Congresscritter or another has to do is say that they are filibustering an issue and it is tabled rather than interrupt all Congressional business.
Despite what the DBM says, what we have yet to see is the political payback (if any) by the Dems who A) lost their seats and B) are mangry at the Dem leadership who lied to them to get them to support the trifecta's radical agenda in exchange for their elected seats. I think the Dem backlash is out there.
I don’t think this is a good strategy.
Kirk is no stalwart defender of conservatism or the constitution. He’s already making rumblings about going all Maverick on the GOP. I’m not going to lift a finger to get that guy seated early because he’s given no incentive to believe he can be trusted.
We’ll just have to have some hope the “red” state Dems that now include states like PA and Wisc. put the brakes on the most extreme items out of self preservation.
Funny, the Dems loved the Filibuster when they were in the minority. I seem to recall a number of very well qualified judges that were nominated by Bush but failed to be confirmed because Fat Teddy threatened to filibuster.
Which just goes to show that the dems are lying scumbuckets who believe anything they want is acceptable.
I Think Jim DeMint might have a word or two to say about that!!
Go ahead Harry the-war-is-lost Reid! Make our day. When you succeed with this banning of the filibuster rule, you seal the tomb of any Dem legislation after 2012. It is a double edged sword.
Liberals don’t like the filibuster when they have a majority in the Senate. Liberals LOVE the filibuster when they are in the minority.
The rules can only be changed at the beginning of a session.
>>> Filibuster in Danger in Lame-Duck Session
Doubtful. The dems in two more years likely will again be in the minority. They’ll then need the filibuster rules as they are.
Exactly as the Gang of 14 saved the filibuster for the republicans the last several years. Hotheads can demagogue all they want for the peanut gallery. But at the end of the day the the grownups remember that majorities come and go.
Didn't Reid get the memo from O'Dumbo that "bipartisanship" is now "in?" Or does that not kick in until January?
The crimials are out of their freaking minds if they expect anything from the Republican majority different from what they have been doing for two years and, from the looks of this, continue doing.