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Tuesday’s First Strike on the Filibuster
National Review ^ | July 15, 2013 | National Review

Posted on 07/15/2013 7:07:57 AM PDT by National Review

Reid aims to silence the minority in the Senate.

By Hans A. von Spakovsky

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pushing hard to eliminate the filibuster for executive nominations, on the grounds that Republicans have stood in the way too many times and are refusing to confirm qualified nominees. What’s so striking about this reason is that it’s false. President Obama’s success rate with nominees is actually higher than that of his Republican predecessor. Eighty-six percent of Obama’s civilian nominees — including both judicial- and executive-branch appointees — were confirmed in the 112th Congress. In the 111th Congress, his success rate was 82 percent.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: harryreid; nuclearoption; senate
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/353401/tuesdays-first-strike-filibuster-hans-von-spakovsky
1 posted on 07/15/2013 7:07:57 AM PDT by National Review
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President Obama’s success rate with nominees is actually higher than that of his Republican predecessor.

Here's hoping Boehner will get this message out. Not holding breath, just hoping.

2 posted on 07/15/2013 7:10:28 AM PDT by Principled
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Very simple, if Reid pulls this then the GOP needs to filibuster everything else that gets put up.

Unfortunately certain traitors like MCcain and Grahamnesty will side with Dems., Rubio on immigration too.


3 posted on 07/15/2013 7:12:07 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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Harry wants to get the camel’s nose under the tent. Once he gets filibuster overturned on this minor issue, he can try to expand it to larger issues, like cloture.

Someday, there will be a GOP majority in Congress (even if we never have a GOP president after immigration/amnesty changes). The Dems won’t like the situation then, but in their unprincipled way, will forget how they created it.


4 posted on 07/15/2013 7:12:26 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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If Reid does this,the Senate GOP should filibuster everything else for the next two years .... or until the rule is changed.


5 posted on 07/15/2013 7:12:34 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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Where is your gang NOW, Johnny McLame?


6 posted on 07/15/2013 7:45:24 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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I’m thinking Dingy-harry will be not go through with this. Those dems behind the scenes know this is a double edged sword, that once released will cut both ways.

Oh, Dingy-harry will bluff right up to the door, but won’t turn the handle. This is more about intimidation than immediate results. Nobama and Dems have a long record of hollow threatening and harsh over-reaching “trial balloons”. This could be more about their reactionary base than our reaction.


7 posted on 07/15/2013 7:46:58 AM PDT by X-spurt (I'm copywriting creepy ass cracker, send royalties to BR549)
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Reid's pretty confident he'll stay majority leader. Probably because with the current level of fraud and their attention to detail in districts, GOP will never win another election.

Not to mention the plethora of imbeciles on the Republican side who are so lame they couldn't win an honest election (sigh)

8 posted on 07/15/2013 7:49:14 AM PDT by Kenny (<p)
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Here's hoping Boehner will get this message out. Not holding breath, just hoping.

How does Speaker Boehner have anything to do with confirmation of presidential nominees?

9 posted on 07/15/2013 8:48:42 AM PDT by etcb
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10 posted on 07/15/2013 4:45:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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He doesn’t. What I wanted was for him to “get the message out” that 0bama’s appointments on average are taking less time, not more... to point out the lie.


11 posted on 07/16/2013 2:36:37 AM PDT by Principled
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