Harry Reid Nuking Filibuster Rules

[Swede Atlanta]

62. I hope he follows through.....

The problem now with our divided nation is that in the Senate, any one Senator can threaten a filibuster and cripple the entire chamber. They don't have to exert themselves (e.g. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with Gregory Peck) or anything. They just scratch their nuts and "poof" the Senate is at a stalemate.

This cannot continue. I appreciate the value of the filibuster to give the minority party some influence over the upper chamber's affairs but the pukes have been using it do defeat what used to be accepted as majority party "rights". They won the majority they have some rights.

With the current filibuster rules the ONLY thing the majority party controls is the agenda. Otherwise the minority can sabotage any meaningful legislation. We call this democracy?