Harry Reid renews call for filibuster to be abolished: 'We need to get the Senate working again'

The Hill ^ | 09/08/2021 | MYCHAEL SCHNELL

[ChicagoConservative27]

Harry Reid renews call for filibuster to be abolished: 'We need to get the Senate working again' Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called for the filibuster to be abolished Wednesday in light of the new restrictive Texas abortion bill, arguing that the country “need[s] to get the Senate working again.”

“The sanctity of the Senate is not the filibuster. The sanctity of the Senate — in government as a whole — is the power it holds to better the lives of and protect the rights of the American people,” Reid wrote in a column published by the Las Vegas Sun on Wednesday.

“It’s time Senate Democrats act with the urgency that this moment demands and abolish the filibuster once and for all,” he added.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Go back on the treadmill and shut up.

[Skywise]

Funny… if it was so important to him then why didn’t he bring it up for the past 4 years?

[Secret Agent Man]

when harry was in the minority he didn’t think this way

[Dilbert San Diego]

They want to have it both ways. Democrats want the filibuster if it benefits their plans to obstruct legislation they don’t like..

But when the filibuster is an impediment to their desires to ram something down our throats, then that is when they call for the end of filibusters.

[BBQToadRibs2]

Seems the Dems have used the filibuster effectively to their own advantage in the past. Be careful what you wish for.

[Red Badger]

That is exactly why they have a filibuster rule...................

[43north]

Why is this evil bastard still breathing?

[stanne]

Renews call? He abolished it. Didn’t he?

Anyway he’s out of the senate. He’s done

[CatOwner]

Evil is allowed to live a *long* time on this Earth. It really is discouraging.

[BenLurkin]

Good grief Dingy, haven’t you and your accomplices done enough damage already?

[RedStateRocker]

Be careful what you ask for, Harry.

[Fido969]

"Harry, I told you once, so shut up, or I'll tell you again."

[EEGator]

Someone needs another black eye...

[EEGator]

Two words, Magic Underpants...

[Dilbert San Diego]

I think Harry Reid had abolished the filibuster for presidential nominees needing confirmation by the Senate, But he left it in place for legislation, if I recall correctly.

Then it was Mitch McConnell who got rid of the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I'm sorry to hear that the man hasn't passed away. He was very sick, and in pain. It would be a blessing if that one eyed cyclops were called home to the Planet Kolub to spend eternity with his kinsmen.

[Chode]

dint he learn ANYTHING from his last genius move?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

There’s no way in Hell this loser got injured on a treadmill, with an injury so specific. Someone obviously beat the crap out of him.

[Kevin in California]

This POS is still alive and sucking up oxygen?

ESADHR..

[griffin]

Who?