my 'RAT buddies and we wouldn't want that!"
Posted on 09/16/2015 9:53:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Multiple House Republicans want Senate leaders to “go nuclear” over the Obama administration’s deal with Iran now that Democrats have stymied efforts to derail the accord by conventional means.
A small but growing number of GOP lawmakers say that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should invoke the “nuclear option” to change Senate rules and prevent a filibuster on a resolution to kill the deal.
Their angst is intensified by their belief that Democrats will likely be able to block legislation withholding federal funds from Planned Parenthood, a standoff that increases the chances of a government shutdown.
Less than two years after Republicans railed against Democrats for changing the rules to prevent filibusters on most presidential nominees, McConnell has ruled out using the nuclear strategy.
But the call puts more pressure on the majority leader and illustrates Republicans’ growing frustration with their inability to score significant victories in Congress, even while controlling both chambers.
“This was something with the Iran deal, the fact that it didn’t get debated, it didn’t get voted on — there’s a lot of people that are very, very upset about this,” said Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) in an interview on Tuesday, a day after he sent a letter asking McConnell to change the Senate’s rules.
Buchanan said that he wants to see the upper chamber eliminate the filibuster entirely, though others are calling for a more modest step to get rid of the procedural holdup only in specific cases, such as with the Iran deal.
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HARRY REID did it, you moron!! You have EVERY RIGHT TO DO IT!! You have an OBLIGATION TO THE COUTRY and the WORLD!!!!
Good luck with that. Poor little Mitch McCrap-Weasel has no testicles.
Vern’s my Rep.......PROUD of him!!! WHY is he the ONLY one though???
RE: WHY is he the ONLY one though???
He’s not the only one. Continue reading the article, not just the excerpt.
eff..a..tee chance!
MiTch go Nuklear?
That would be some PPV event!
Likely to go bankrupt..
Strike when iron is hot. When the chance to kill it was available the gop propped it up and saved it
No-nad Mitch
McConnell and Corker want this deal. Their corporate masters demand this deal to open a new market for their goods. Their is nothing that McConnell and Boehner won’t do to support the legislative agenda of their corporatist cronies.
The big donors want the Iran Deal. They will get what they want because McConnell is little more than a bought and paid for Chamber of Commerce prostitute at this point.
FRiend, great minds think alike. LOL.
Mitch can’t we just get along McConnell go nuclear ,,,, That’s a joke right ???
McConnell’s circular reasoning: he doesn’t want to kill the need for super majorities on cloture votes because the Republicans might be in the minority again. But the Republicans will be in the minority again if they don’t work to control the Senate.
Don't need to worry about filibusters to deal with PP. The House just needs to pass a budget that does not have funding for it. Done. They don't get money if the House doesn't give it. But Boehner will find a way to get it back in, with help from McConnell perhaps.
HARRY REID did it, you moron!! You have EVERY RIGHT TO DO IT!! You have an OBLIGATION TO THE COUTRY and the WORLD!!!!
I know, but the difference is Harry has a big set of Balls and Mitch McConnell is a Coward, ineffective and the Democrats have confidence in McConnell being the whimpering coward he is.
Did he find his ‘balls’?
I will believe it when I see it!!!
Which is why Trump is winning.
Wrong strategy - it can’t work. Oh, you might get a vote...and then it gets vetoed, resulting in sanctions being lifted.
The CORRECT strategy is for McConnell to state that the House has declared that there was a lack of compliance by the administration in providing all information about the deal, as required by the Corker law. As such, Obama has submitted a treaty to the Senate. Then schedule the vote for it on Friday morning. When it fails to win the necessary 2/3 vote, report that to the world.
This, of course, requires that McConnell actually grow a pair, right now. Maybe he can borrow them from Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi or Hillary?
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