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McConnell hints against nuke option to kill Dem filibusters
Washington Examiner ^ | 11/9/16 2:55 PM | Susan Crabtree

Posted on 11/09/2016 4:29:38 PM PST by Olog-hai

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hinted Wednesday that he doesn’t support the controversial idea of changing Senate rules to kill Democratic filibusters, and instead indicated that this move might be seen as an overreach by Republicans.

When Democrats ran the Senate, they changed the rules to allow for simple majority votes for judicial nominees, but not Supreme Court nominees, which can still be filibustered. But despite speculation that Republicans will take this next step, McConnell indicated some resistance to it when asked.

He said “overreaching after an election, generally speaking, is a mistake.” And when pressed on McConnell’s approach to working with Democrats in the new Senate, McConnell said the way the chamber is structured requires “some Democratic participation and cooperation.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: filibusters; mcconnell; nuclearoption
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Already working to undermine the president-elect?
1 posted on 11/09/2016 4:29:38 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Right on Cue, selling us out on Day One!!!


2 posted on 11/09/2016 4:31:10 PM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Olog-hai

If handled correctly there will be no need to nuke the filibuster. Trump is well-positioned to put enormous pressure on all the Democratic Senators who are not from deep-Dem states.


3 posted on 11/09/2016 4:31:13 PM PST by thoughtomator (This election is a referendum on the Rule of Law)
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To: Olog-hai

Yep.


4 posted on 11/09/2016 4:31:27 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Olog-hai

Ryan and McConnell have already begun to backstab
the American People.

They must resign from their positions to be replaced
by Patriots who are not traitors.


5 posted on 11/09/2016 4:31:52 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Olog-hai
I'd like to think he's just treading cautiously until after the inauguration. But we'll see.

on another thread, Larry S. has already indicated they are planning how to work around GOPe interference.

Time will tell

6 posted on 11/09/2016 4:32:31 PM PST by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: Olog-hai

Just listened to this hack on Levin. He is already saying term limits are off the table. You don’t decide that, Mitch.


7 posted on 11/09/2016 4:32:43 PM PST by SweetPatriot84
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To: Olog-hai

Dems are going to fight every SCOTUS appointment by President Trump (MY GOD, how great those words sound) as unfit, and not part of mainstream America. IIRC, Rush said today when do the losers get to call the shots? Answer, Prior to 01/20/2017.


8 posted on 11/09/2016 4:34:24 PM PST by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: Olog-hai

I want this bastard gone almost as much as I want Obammy gone!!
NOW>..if you want to puke....Imagine that Turtle faced idiots name on a manifest to Pedophile Island...... Bastard needs to go somewhere WAY WAY WAY away from here!!


9 posted on 11/09/2016 4:34:56 PM PST by MagUSNRET
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To: eyeamok
Right on Cue, selling us out on Day One!!!

Look at what I had just written on an earlier thread. :)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3491936/posts?page=3#3

10 posted on 11/09/2016 4:35:47 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Olog-hai

ANYTHING Reid used to get Obamacare “through” should be on the table. Otherwise ... DRAIN THE SWAMP!


11 posted on 11/09/2016 4:37:09 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: thoughtomator

I can understand that, but McConnell even saying this, thus showing his hand to the lefties, is a slap in the face to Trump and the electorate.


12 posted on 11/09/2016 4:38:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: MagUSNRET
I want this bastard gone almost as much as I want Obammy gone!!

I repeatedly told Kentucky Democrats to destroy that snake. I argued with them for months leading up to the election, but they all couldn't bear the thought of voting for a Democrat.

I pointed out that the only thing worse than a Democrat is a traitor, and that's what McConnell was. I warned them every way I could warn them, but they let that snake get back in.

13 posted on 11/09/2016 4:38:47 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Olog-hai

With the loss of Scalia, McConnell is an idiot.

This is where Cruz and Sessions could be instrumental in propping up the Turtle’s limp backbone.


14 posted on 11/09/2016 4:38:54 PM PST by C210N
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To: Olog-hai
"...might be seen as an overreach...". By who? And if so, who cares? Trump just laid waste to the entire democrat party and the feckless branch of the Republican party. He has a clear mandate.

McConnell worrying that someone will be upset....THAT'S EXACTLY THE TYPE OF COWARDLY BEHAVIOR THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST REBELLED AGAINST, AND MCCONNELL STILL DOESN'T GET IT.

15 posted on 11/09/2016 4:39:16 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Olog-hai
Fire his ass along with Ryno. Electorate clearly gave Trump a mandate (house and senate) to undo the damage Obama and Dems have done over the past 10 years.

They chose to use the nuclear option. Fire all *ussified “leaders” and steamroll every piece of reversal/override legislation until there is no trace of Obama’s stink left in the country.

16 posted on 11/09/2016 4:39:21 PM PST by canalabamian (Durka durka...Muhammad FUBAR!)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s not a binding commitment. It’s fine to take a diplomatic approach for the short term, while we see how this plays out.


17 posted on 11/09/2016 4:39:39 PM PST by thoughtomator (This election is a referendum on the Rule of Law)
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To: Olog-hai

Kaine said the Democrats would use the nuclear option - http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/303369-kaine-dems-will-use-nuclear-option-if-gop-blocks-supreme-court


18 posted on 11/09/2016 4:39:39 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Already working to undermine the president-elect?

Someone needs to take his sorry ass to the woodshed.

19 posted on 11/09/2016 4:39:42 PM PST by Mark17 (20 Yrs USAF ATCer, RET. 25 yrs CDCR CO, RET.)
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To: Olog-hai

“...that he doesn’t support the controversial idea of changing Senate rules to kill Democratic filibusters,...”

Then we’ll replace his ass with someone who does.

There’s a New Sheriff in town, Mitch... and he isn’t going to play games with you.


20 posted on 11/09/2016 4:40:33 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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