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To: allendale
>>Uh Chuck.Harry changed the Senate rules. Presidential appointees need only 51 votes for confirmation.<<

I'm thinking it needs to be verified that the rule change is still in effect under Mitch Milktoast McConnell.

If not, Trump needs to apply pressure to ol Mitchy to again put the nuclear option into effect.

28 posted on 11/21/2016 5:52:45 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: servantboy777
I think that McConnell need only to just enforce the actual rules for a filibuster. No more of allowing the threat of one by the minority be good enough.

MLB still requires a pitcher to actually throw 4 balls for an intentional walk. At lower levels of baseball, they just tell the umpire that they want to walk the batter, and he is sent to first base without a pitch being thrown.

In the same way, the Senate should return to the rules that require a senator to actually speak continuously, around the clock, in order to hold his filibuster. They stopped actually requiring this decades ago, and maybe it is time to go back to enforcing the actual filibuster rules where one is to be attempted.

With C-SPAN coverage now, it will show the actual obstructionism by whichever minority party is conducting a filibuster. This will reduce the current abuse of the filibuster such that it blocks so much action in the Senate, while preserving the filibuster for the future for those important issues that may need it.

57 posted on 11/21/2016 6:17:43 AM PST by leftcoaster
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