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Harry Reid Tees Up Potential Filibuster Rule Fight
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) signaled Tuesday that his Democratic caucus members are becoming so frustrated with Republicans blocking President Barack Obama's nominees that they will again consider whether to invoke the so-called nuclear option to change Senate rules.
"I'm going to have a full meeting with my caucus on Thursday. We're going to talk about nominations," Reid said. He did not hint what he would do, but suggested his deliberations were far enough along that the sessions with his members would be decisive.
"I think Thursday, by the time the day's out, you'll have a better idea of what we're going to try to do on this," Reid told reporters on Capitol Hill.
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/harry-reid-filibuster_n_3568948.html
Just Saying
(1,799 posts)These obstructionists are hurting the country and not doing their job! About damn time.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)You or Reid.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me three times, shame on me..
Fool me four times, shame on me.
Fool me five times, shame on me.
Fool me six times, shame on me.
Ad Infinitim..
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Reid has had his chance, screw him. He is an idiot for trusting McConnell. The last 7 months have been a waste of time.
Merkley had a plan to change the rules and his own party screwed him.
The feckless 7 along with Ding dong Reid continue to work for the other side.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)he really Really REALLY double-dog-REALLY means it.
Last January, Harry Reid helped stab my Senator Merkley in the back, and punished him when he said ouch.
But this time he means it.
sigmasix
(794 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts){for those of you aged and decrepit enough to catch the reference}
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...which Democrat will cave and prevent a majority vote? Manchin? Landreu? Heitkamp? DiFi??? Color my cynical anything will happen...
Myrina
(12,296 posts):yawn: It's like the only 2 things DC knows how to do anymore: threaten to overturn ACA and threaten to rewrite filibuster rules.
The game's getting really old, guys.
FIX SOME SHIT, ALREADY!!
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)We need to invent a new dance: the debt-ceiling/filibuster reform two-step. Kind of like the White Boy Shuffle: you look stupid, and always end up just where you started.
-- Mal
Blue Idaho
(5,057 posts)Does anyone really believe milk toast Harry will do anything about the abuse of filibuster rules in the senate anytime soon? Not me.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)sakabatou
(42,174 posts)Iggo
(47,566 posts)We been down this road before.
Coulda done it. Didn't.
What's different now?
dsc
(52,166 posts)if you live in any of the following, and you haven't written your Senator about it, you are the problem. MI (Levin), VT (Leahy), CA (Boxer and Feinstein), Ark (Pryor), MT (Baucus) they are why this hasn't happened.
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)And we know how it ends. Fuck you Harry...
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)There was some talk of 7 important votes coming up this week.
But, I can't remember if it was about judges or appointments to President Obama's administration first.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)-snip-
The fight over the filibuster in December and January was waged in public, with outside groups and progressive senators such as Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon trying to pressure Reid into action. This time, Reid and Merkley are working together and the outside advocacy has been much quieter, indicating that Reid himself is invested in the outcome.
One key difference this time is that the rules change would not apply to judicial nominees. Senate insiders say that Democrats lack the votes to change the rules for judges, but agency nominees are an easier sell. The president was elected, goes the argument, and has earned the right to choose his own staff, free of a filibuster. If Republicans want to pick the White House staff, then they should win the election and occupy the White House, the argument concludes. Judges, on the other hand, are a separate branch of government and are appointed for life. To underscore their reasoning, Democrats on Thursday released a compilation of video clips of Republicans such as McConnell (below). "I've been a proud guardian of gridlock myself," said McConnell in 2005, "but it never made sense for executive branch appointments." ...
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/harry-reid-nuclear-option_n_3579427.html
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)-snip-
Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations:
- Exec. Cal. #51, Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection;
- Exec. Cal #100, Richard Griffin, of the District of Columbia, to be Member of the National Labor Relations Board;
- Exec. Cal #101, Sharon Block, of the District of Columbia, to be Member of the National Labor Relations Board;
- Exec. Cal #104, Mark Pearce, of New York, to be Member of the National Labor Relations Board;
- Exec. Cal #178, Fred Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States;
- Exec. Cal #99, Thomas Perez, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Labor; and
- Exec. Cal #98, Gina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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http://democrats.senate.gov/2013/07/11/cloture-filed-on-7-nominationsnext-vote-530pm-monday/
And here's a link to the Senate's Monday schedule: http://democrats.senate.gov/2013/07/15/senate-floor-schedule-for-monday-july-15-2013/
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)I wonder who voted against President Obama's choices to be the heads of these agencies.
I want to find out how my two redneck Senators voted.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Here's a link to the page that lists 'all' senate votes that have so far been taken: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm
Click on the little red link in the first column for which ever vote you want to see.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Man, you sure have kept me up on what was going on this last week.
Haha.
I would have been lost without ya.
The local news isn't reporting any of this shiiiiitte.
I bookmarked that site so I won't forget again.