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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He’ll never do it.
The rest of us are just waiting for Iran to go ‘all nuclear’ on US.
I’m in favor of totally ridding the Senate of the filibuster.
1. Can rid ourselves more quickly of bad legislation.
2. We rid ourselves of the basis for many of the ‘vote’ games that get played in the Senate.
You apparently think Reid and McConnell are on different sides. That assumption is not warranted by McConnell’s behaviour.
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By: Daniel Horowitz | September 16th,
The ‘small number’ of Republicans is the direct result of a large number of idiots voting for the lesser evils that refuse...REFUSE to act on behalf of America.
Be sure to thank them when they pop up defending their stupidity.
Why should House Republicans think they can get anything they want done in the Senate when Harry Reid runs it?
Only by friggin internal senate rules (not the constitution) does it take a super majority of 60 votes to get anything done in the senate. If the GOPe wants to continue getting blamed, then abolish the stupid rule.
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