Reid again.
The communists always change the rules when they are in charge. They’ll have to change them back if and when America ever has a GOP Senate and a Republican in the White House again. Communists are some sicko bass turds.
I hope they come to rue the day if they succeed, which hopefully will allow us to essentially eliminate the Democratic party (not forever, just long enough to ensure our survival as a nation for generations to come).
They threaten this all the time, its time someone took Reid out to the woodshed.
If they do this, i hope the GOP remembers this for a long time to come, nothing more than a power grab.
They must be worried about their chances in 2014. They need to get their activist judges in place to make sure they can still rule if they are voted out next year.
Quit issuing idle threats Reid you wimp. Do it.
Perhaps then the Senate minority and the gelded House majority will get pissed and exercise their constitutional prerogative.
Personally, I don’t like the filibuster rule. I’d love to see them break it. Then it can be set aside all the time.
It is, in my opinion, an illegal amending of the constitution, even though folks point out that the Senate can make their own rules. (Clearly meant for the organizing of committees, schedules, etc., and not for already spelled out constitutional processes.)
What’s the advantage of getting rid of the filibuster rule? You can GET RID OF bad legislation much faster.
We can get rid of ObamaCare with winning the presidency and a simple majority vote in both houses of Congress.
We could have it repealed as early as 2016 if we get rid of the filibuster.
They wont do this because they know there is a good chance they will lose their majority in the 2014 elections.
This will cut both ways. After Rs take the senate, it will work against them.
IMO it’s a bluff for just this reason.
If Republicans do like Democrats would, they would immediately leave the chamber and put the nation’s business on hold until the Democrats scrapped their plan. I would urge them to do this.
When the democrats had the Presidency and the Senate was split 50-50 the democrats took all chairmenships.
Go for it, fascists. Your days as the majority are numbered.
Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin.
I’m kind of surprised they’re going to pull this cr*p now, considering the nearly certain probability that the GOP takes majority control of the Senate in next year’s elections. They’re setting a precedent that’s going to come back and bite them hard.
Do it.
What goes around comes around.
Republicans should have done this back in 1987 when the democrats were destroying (”Borking”) Supreme Court nominee, Judge Robert Bork, a staunch Constitutional “Originalist”.
A threat to change the filibuster rules would likely have ended the democrats attack and could have propelled Bork’s nomination through the senate.
Bork’s nomination was not approved and he was replaced by
fence sitter Judge Anthony Kennedy who was unanimously approved by the Senate.
If Bork had been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice much of the liberal onslaught of the past 25 years would not have taken place.
So, let the democrats change the rules and wait for the days when it comes back to bite them in their Obamas.
This is what happens when you negotiate with terrorists on things like illegal recess appointments. If the terrorists get what they want they always strap the bomb back on and ask for more. Just another GOPe tip toe strategy fail in the making here.
Same old Dem crap. Rule #1 in their Playbook;
- If you lose at something, change the rules.
Rule 17 “Whatever it f******ing takes!**
(a reference to the sleazy Enroll America chap being filmed undercover by O’Keefe and company)
We should have beaten them to the punch and eliminated the filibuster ourselves back when Republicans controlled the Senate by healthy margins. If so, we could stacked the courts with Bush nominees and rammed through the “Drill Baby Drill” laws that would have allowed oil exploration in ANWAR and offshore and other conservative legislation. However our good “buddies” McCain would never allow it, saying it was unfair to the democrats would NEVER resort to such petty tactics if they were in charge....