Posted on 05/18/2013 4:14:30 PM PDT by jazusamo
Well, Harry Reid is resorting to desperate measures in order to try and regain some power in the Senate. Reports say that he is getting ready to use the so-called “nuclear option” to change the senate rules so that 60 votes are no longer needed to block a filibuster.
And it looks like President Obama will support Reid’s efforts if the Republicans try to block upcoming nominations.
“If Senator Reid decides to do something on nominations, the president has said he’ll be there to support him,” a Democratic aide told the Post. "This would take away the right to filibuster on nominations... All executive branch and judicial nominations would be subject to majority votes. He would not do it on legislative items.”
In the past Harry Reid has said he would consider going to a simple majority in order to block filibusters, and he said he would use it, “if necessary”. So what ever happened to checks and balances? If Harry Reid can use this option, we have no way of knowing what he will resort to next. The Democrats seem like they are willing to do anything in order to try and run over the Republicans.
Always changing the rules to benefit themselves.
Drive it like you stole it, Harry, and it sounds like you’ve had lots of insider help to steal the previous election...
LOL
good luck with that... grass will never grow there with all the people standing in line to wizz on it
Immigration bill?
Wait a gobdarn minute! What about the simmering saucer crapola stuff that chucky schumer was spouting?
That didn’t stop NAFTA, did it?
What a far cry from Harry’s attitude in 2005.
It’s still on their own website too!
http://democrats.senate.gov/2005/05/18/reid-floor-speech-on-use-of-filibuster/
“The filibuster is far from a “procedural gimmick.” It is part of the fabric of this institution. It was well known in colonial legislatures, and it is an integral part of our country’s 217 years of history.” — Then Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, May 2005.
Seems to me that Reid doesn’t have control over the super majority requirements of the Constitution for Treaty approval. They have to get 67 votes to approve the treaty. I don’t see that happening.
He is an evil, twisted little man obsessed with his own importance. What a shallow shell of a human being. *shudder*
yes I really think he is, maybe he has a reason for that!
Sometimes BHO2 lets the truth slip out — like when he says that he is a Muslim Marxist. Maybe, just maybe, he’s telling the truth!
“If the GOP retakes the senate, it’s first action will be to revert to the former rules on filibuster and allow the democrats to block them at every turn.”
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LOL Funny but, unfortunately, probably close to the truth if the McCain/Graham RINO wing of the party remains in control of the caucus.
The good thing is that with a handful more of Cruz types elected as reinforcements more robust leadership may be voted in to take over Senate leadership.
So what will Harry Reid say if Republicans regain control of the Senate and they say no more filibusters because Sen. Reid said so.
Going back to the Contract with America, the Democrats filibustered bills that a majority of the Democrats voted for including one that they filibustered for five days and then voted unanimously for.
Moore: Assault Weapons Ban Would’ve Been Voted On If Reid’s Grandchildren Were Killed In School
WNEW-FM / The Associated Press | March 20, 2013
Posted on 03/20/2013 4:25:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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