GOPe caved again, I bet
Why would the Republicans, as the minority in the Senate, even entertain the thought of limiting one of the few powers they have to keep the American public from being steamrolled with bad, socialist, big government legislation?
Nadless Mitch needs to go!
And that, my friends, is how the complete destruction of the Republic came to be.
It’s just a few tweaks - - the general filibuster rule stands.
It will be interesting, however, to see what the Republicans extracted from the scumbags in return. It is possible, too, that whatever the Republicans got is something they don’t want to reveal - - something like a promise from the rats that they won’t fund a rat candidate who is after some Republican’s seat. Something like that. It is a filthy business.
The spineless strike again?
The current filibuster protects moderates of both parties (purple states) when the opposite party controls the Senate. They have the most to lose if the Senate changes hands to the other side once the filibuster is gone.
Who ever controls the Senate can put up bills to kill the moderates of the opposite party and the current filibuster allows easy blocking of most bills without votes.
Get this, tonight I heard Bernie Sanders call gutting the filibuster ‘the constitutional option’
But that is exactly what Levin called it when he demanded the R Senate do it for judges in 2006. Its in his book on Judges
Idiot Republicans will never learn. I’m sure AFTER the GOP caves and hands Obama/Reid everything they want (Amnesty/Gun Control) the Senate Dems will still end the filibuster!