Posted on 04/27/2006 12:18:34 PM PDT by davidosborne
Anyone know how long he as been at this?
I first tuned in this morning and he was on this rant... now he is STILL at it..
Anyone guess how long he can hold it..
Basicly he asking for a vote on HIS amendment without playing by the rules..
Democrats believe THEY don't have to obey the rules.
Must have seen "Mr. Smith goes to Washington" on Turner Classics last night.
Without a doubt this buffoon is the most unpleasant Democrat in the Senate......along with 43 others!!!
He has been at this for 5 hours. He is flinging lies and deceit so copiously that I occasionally feel the urge to duck. There is no drain on taxpayer money. Dems want the oil companies to pay more in royalties for drilling on federal land.
Why did this get bumped from the sidebar.. I think this is pretty significant.. ONE Senator trying to get special treatment holding the U.S. Senate hostage... I think it may be coming to an end..
The New York twosome, Chucky and Hitlerly, are far worse. Wyden comes across more whiny and annoying, while those two are downright treasonous.
What is he filerbusting?
FILBUSTER ENDS !!!
fil·i·bus·ter ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fl-bstr)
n.
The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.
An instance of the use of this delaying tactic.
An adventurer who engages in a private military action in a foreign country.
v. fil·i·bus·tered, fil·i·bus·ter·ing, fil·i·bus·ters
v. intr.
To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
v. tr.
To use a filibuster against (a legislative measure, for example).
he was tyring to get a vote on HIS ammendment bypassing the process for getting a vote scheduled.
Apparently one of the reasons big oil made so much money is because of an oil lease the Clinton Administration made with them
Wyden has an amendment to change it somehow and he wants to butt in line for filing amendments and he wouldn't give up the floor
Kyl I think was supporting him early. I'm not sure if they need them if they making a profit?
Yea I heard that ... not sure why he did that
"Anyone guess how long he can hold it.."
Maybe he has a bucket under the podium!
Not really. He just wanted to make sure that he was able to get a vote. He wasn't trying to get to the front of the line.
Kyl supports the Wyden amendment because the Wyden amendment makes sense. It gets rid of wasteful subsidies.
Why not talk about the land in Utah that Klinton locked up that contains clean coal.
Makes sense to me. NOT
The land does not belong to the Federal Government. It belongs to all of us and if we benefit by having to pay less for energy then I see no reason to change the rules.
Yes he was
it's also called butting in line
How long can he go on?
He is a Democrat, and they are like the energizer battery that just keeps, going, going, going and, going, you know what I mean.
The Democrats are full of wind and, the sad thing is there are no Republicans to take that wind from their sails.
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The filibuster is over; he went 5 1/2 hours until Senator Reed finally told him to shut up, yes, Senator Reed told him to stand down. He wanted a vote, was willing to go to the end of the line for a vote, but he REFUSED anyone to apply any second or first desgree amendments to his amendment.
I watched this for quite a while as I am on bed rest.
Anyway, Wyden wants to cut off royalty give-backs if the price of oil is over $55. Domineci says that the royalty subsidy is currently cut back by executive order (the secretary of the interior, I believe) at $37 a barrel.
Domineci said the CBO scored Wyden's amendment and it would save ZERO dollars. The CBO isn't partisan, so if they say it doesn't save anything, then it is clear Domineci was right and Wyden was wrong.
Wyden kept quoting the TOTAL price of the program -- but apparently most of that price is because of leases signed by Clinton in 98-99 that forgot to put ANY notice of subsidy phase-out. Wyden's amendment can't fix that because it's existing contracts.
Republicans were happy to let him have a vote so long as they could amend his amendment. Republicans wanted to change it to fix a word in the existing laws.
Existing law says the administration MAY consider cut-off points, they want to change it to say they SHALL consider cut-off points.
The dem's wouldn't allow amendments to the amendment, they were simply trying to make sure tonight's headline was that republicans blocked a vote on terminating subsidies to oil companies.
Nope .. Senator Wyden wanted to butt in the front of the line .. change Senate Rules and get special treatment
Heck .. he even annoyed Harry Reid with all his objections
As an Oregonian, I declare that Wyden is an a$$. Unfortunately the commies in the People's Republic of Portland keep voting for him.
Excellent summary. I wonder how many talk shows good old Wyden will be on tonight?
When it comes to worst, there is no topping Ted Kennedy.
Frankly, I get a little irritated when folks on these boards disparage the filibuster. It is a method for the minority party to try to block legislation that they feel is unjust or wrong. The reason I'm a little peeved, is that our party will not be in the majority forever (possibly sooner than we would like) and we would be screaming our heads off if we didn't have the right to filibuster.
As much as I despise the democrats, I would not wish a one party system on my worst enemies. Am I in the minority here? Rant over.
The problem is Mr. Wyden was trying to get special treatment, and "test the process" ...the Senate does need to follow an organized process to get proposed ammendments voted on.... My message to Mr. Wyden, quit whinning and play by the rules.. if you want to get an ammendment passed you need to get 59 other Senators to agree with you.... end of FILIBUSTER... welcome to the REAL world !!
I disagree.. he wanted a vote on an Ammendment that would not allow anyone to ammend HIS ammendment... sorry this is the REAL world !
Read between the lines.
Just another reason why we NEED 60 REPUBLICAN SENATORS in November !!!.... Give the President a chance to get his FULL agenda passed !
Hard to disagree, although he pales to Hitlery’s shrillness. Schumer is more dangerous than The Swimmer, as Chuckie is smart and does good sound bites.
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