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Harry Reid is Considering Rule Change to Block Filibuster
Townhall.com ^ | May 18, 2013 | Heather Ginsberg

Posted on 05/18/2013 4:14:30 PM PDT by jazusamo

Well, Harry Reid is resorting to desperate measures in order to try and regain some power in the Senate. Reports say that he is getting ready to use the so-called “nuclear option” to change the senate rules so that 60 votes are no longer needed to block a filibuster.

And it looks like President Obama will support Reid’s efforts if the Republicans try to block upcoming nominations.

“If Senator Reid decides to do something on nominations, the president has said he’ll be there to support him,” a Democratic aide told the Post. "This would take away the right to filibuster on nominations... All executive branch and judicial nominations would be subject to majority votes. He would not do it on legislative items.”

Reid had considered using the nuclear option last year, but the old school Democrats would not allow it. This year, many Democrats have expressed that if Reid attempts to use the nuclear option it will kill any chance at immigration reform.

In the past Harry Reid has said he would consider going to a simple majority in order to block filibusters, and he said he would use it, “if necessary”. So what ever happened to checks and balances? If Harry Reid can use this option, we have no way of knowing what he will resort to next. The Democrats seem like they are willing to do anything in order to try and run over the Republicans.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: abouttime; democrats; doit; filibuster; fuhr; go4it; harryreid; intendedconsequences; nevada; nuclearoption; reid
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To: jazusamo

Always changing the rules to benefit themselves.


81 posted on 05/18/2013 6:53:46 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: jazusamo

Drive it like you stole it, Harry, and it sounds like you’ve had lots of insider help to steal the previous election...


82 posted on 05/18/2013 6:59:26 PM PDT by Son House (The Heath Care Recovery Never Gets Here, Like The Economic Recovery, Easily Predictable.)
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To: bigheadfred
Sh!t! I'm not putting you *in charge* of anything.


83 posted on 05/18/2013 7:02:51 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: Daffynition

LOL


84 posted on 05/18/2013 7:09:04 PM PDT by bigheadfred ( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: haircutter
good luck with that... grass will never grow there with all the people standing in line to wizz on it
85 posted on 05/18/2013 7:56:20 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: jazusamo

Immigration bill?


86 posted on 05/18/2013 7:58:17 PM PDT by kabar
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To: jazusamo

Wait a gobdarn minute! What about the simmering saucer crapola stuff that chucky schumer was spouting?


87 posted on 05/18/2013 8:27:04 PM PDT by CardeadInKy ("The problem with Liberalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" -Marg Thatcher)
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To: HenpeckedCon

That didn’t stop NAFTA, did it?


88 posted on 05/18/2013 8:39:27 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: jazusamo
...The FIRST Rule of Obama Club.....

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89 posted on 05/18/2013 8:44:06 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: jazusamo

What a far cry from Harry’s attitude in 2005.

It’s still on their own website too!

http://democrats.senate.gov/2005/05/18/reid-floor-speech-on-use-of-filibuster/

“The filibuster is far from a “procedural gimmick.” It is part of the fabric of this institution. It was well known in colonial legislatures, and it is an integral part of our country’s 217 years of history.” — Then Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, May 2005.


90 posted on 05/18/2013 11:21:44 PM PDT by CountryClassSF
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To: rarestia
Ratifying a treaty requires a 2/3 Senate vote, which is a higher threshhold than the 60 votes required to end a filibuster.
91 posted on 05/19/2013 6:23:24 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: Daffynition

Seems to me that Reid doesn’t have control over the super majority requirements of the Constitution for Treaty approval. They have to get 67 votes to approve the treaty. I don’t see that happening.


92 posted on 05/19/2013 6:44:44 AM PDT by fremont_steve
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To: jazusamo

He is an evil, twisted little man obsessed with his own importance. What a shallow shell of a human being. *shudder*


93 posted on 05/19/2013 6:46:14 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If I had a dollar for every time I was distracted, I wish I had a puppy.)
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To: SatinDoll

yes I really think he is, maybe he has a reason for that!


94 posted on 05/19/2013 9:07:48 AM PDT by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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To: jazusamo
Fine, change the Senate rules now... this will be veryconvenient when the pendulum swings the other way.
95 posted on 05/19/2013 9:41:52 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: red irish

Sometimes BHO2 lets the truth slip out — like when he says that he is a Muslim Marxist. Maybe, just maybe, he’s telling the truth!


96 posted on 05/19/2013 1:48:22 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NATURAL BORN CITZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: chris37

“If the GOP retakes the senate, it’s first action will be to revert to the former rules on filibuster and allow the democrats to block them at every turn.”
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LOL Funny but, unfortunately, probably close to the truth if the McCain/Graham RINO wing of the party remains in control of the caucus.

The good thing is that with a handful more of Cruz types elected as reinforcements more robust leadership may be voted in to take over Senate leadership.


97 posted on 05/19/2013 4:52:25 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: onyx

So what will Harry Reid say if Republicans regain control of the Senate and they say no more filibusters because Sen. Reid said so.


98 posted on 05/19/2013 8:00:26 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: BobL

Going back to the Contract with America, the Democrats filibustered bills that a majority of the Democrats voted for including one that they filibustered for five days and then voted unanimously for.


99 posted on 05/19/2013 9:55:23 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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100 posted on 05/30/2013 7:20:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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