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Senator Wants Showdown on Filibuster Reform
ABC News ^ | Dec. 31, 2010 | STEVEN PORTNOY

Posted on 12/31/2010 10:46:46 AM PST by presidio9

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1 posted on 12/31/2010 10:46:47 AM PST by presidio9
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Typical of the Rats....we don’t like the way the game is played....so we’ll change the rules.....


2 posted on 12/31/2010 10:49:27 AM PST by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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The risk for the Harry Reid Regime is that there might be a 51-49 Republican majority after the 2012 election.


3 posted on 12/31/2010 10:49:52 AM PST by FormerACLUmember (Character is defined by how we treat those who society says have no value.)
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Let them do it , anything the leftists pass in the Senate is dead on arrival in the new tea flavored House of Rep. Then when the republicans pick up the majority in the Senate in 2012 , we can use their new rules to cram through repeals and our Tea Flavored legislation!


4 posted on 12/31/2010 10:50:24 AM PST by RED SOUTH
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"We don't want to give the minority the ability to block the majority from governing,"

Josef Stalin couldn't have said it any better.

5 posted on 12/31/2010 10:51:29 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("The Dems have a 'war room' for everything but war..." - Dennis Miller)
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So what is going to happen when the GOP gains the Senate majority in 2012?


6 posted on 12/31/2010 10:52:12 AM PST by Natural Law
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The chutzpah of these people is unbelievable. Astonishing. They only try this stuff because they know their media mouthpieces will go out and bleat the party line like a herd of sheep. The rules they used to tie up the Republican agenda when they were in the minority are now horrible, unfair, illogical, immoral, evil. Baa-aa-aa-aa.


7 posted on 12/31/2010 10:52:34 AM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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Somebody better tell Udall he will most likely be in the minority in two years.


8 posted on 12/31/2010 10:53:26 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: RED SOUTH

Apparently, the November 2nd election taught these airhead Elitists nothing. Nothing gets through their arrogance. Millions of We The People calling them 24/7 might cause them some concern. Promising them that we will vote them out in 2012 will also cause them a moment’s pause. Power is all they care about. In my opinion, they have absolutely no moral fiber and no conscience.


9 posted on 12/31/2010 10:53:31 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: RED SOUTH

How many disastrous judges would the repeal enable Obama to appoint?


10 posted on 12/31/2010 10:53:55 AM PST by Fantasywriter
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Typical tactics by the dems. The filibuster is fine when it benifits the dems. When they are not the majority, all they talk about is minority rights, powersharing and compromise. The republicans had better n.ot let them get away with it...the republicans should filibuster any attept at.changing the rules!


11 posted on 12/31/2010 10:54:45 AM PST by alienken (2010 is done. now looking forward to 2012)
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To: Natural Law
So what is going to happen when the GOP gains the Senate majority in 2012?

The RATS will howl that it isn't "fair" for the majority to ram legislation through. The sword cuts both ways. Think before you make a bad decision.

12 posted on 12/31/2010 10:54:46 AM PST by Myrddin
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What the senate votes on concerning its own rules does not involve the house. As far as passing legislation, you are correct, but the ‘rules’ are an inside game.


13 posted on 12/31/2010 10:55:23 AM PST by JPG (YES SHE CAN!)
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To: RED SOUTH
Let them do it , anything the leftists pass in the Senate is dead on arrival in the new tea flavored House of Rep.

Can someone please tell me whether the house has any say if the Senate wants to change its own procedural rules?

14 posted on 12/31/2010 10:56:46 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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If they change the rules, the Republican Senators need not show up, since their presence or absence will make absolutely no difference one way or another.

That’s the probably the intent, anyway.


15 posted on 12/31/2010 10:57:47 AM PST by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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> Can someone please tell me whether the house has any say
> if the Senate wants to change its own procedural rules?

House has no say whatsoever on Senate rules.


16 posted on 12/31/2010 10:58:23 AM PST by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Myrddin

I swear, if the GOP takes both houses and capitulates to the commies and fags, I am done with this. Obama will be correct.
“This is not a Christian Nation”


17 posted on 12/31/2010 10:58:33 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: alienken
The republicans had better n.ot let them get away with it...the republicans should filibuster any attept at.changing the rules!

IIRC only a simple majority is required to change the rules of the Senate.

18 posted on 12/31/2010 10:58:47 AM PST by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Excellent post. My first thought exactly.


19 posted on 12/31/2010 11:00:18 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Natural Law
So what is going to happen when the GOP gains the Senate majority in 2012?

The state run media will suddenly discover constitutional limits for the dictatorial powers the democrats are today acquiring.

20 posted on 12/31/2010 11:00:24 AM PST by skeeter
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