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FWIW, I heard the Brett Bair interviw of Rubio last night, and Rubio was terrific.

Heard the same interview...Rubio sounded very knowledgeable...BUT when pressed by Baer that the electorate is ticked off because the Repubs got the House, then the Senate, and still nothing happened, you know what Rubio’s answer was? THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH VOTES! AND THEY NEED THE PRESIDENCY (emphasis added). I am sick and tired of hearing how they don’t have enough to do anything. At this point, how about just put up a fight and FORCE a veto by the President. Take him and the Dems in Congress to task and MAKE them vote up or down. The Repubs, with a large majority in the House and a majority in the Senate, and a President who is fairly unpopular with a ticked off electorate, won’t even take a stand. It was more of the same from Rubio.

His answers were also well scripted an delivered in machine gun fashion as if it was off the stump...another politician. A smart one, but still a politician. Color me tainted, but I just don’t trust him or the others any longer. That answer about not having enough votes pretty much did it for me.

According to my 1st term Congressman, they are not going to overturn the 60 vote rule in the Senate for putting legislation on the floor. Too many Republicans like it, or are terrified that when the Democrats are next in the majority they will push a lot of onerous legislation through.

I say that they should be terrified that the Democrats are going to be in charge again sooner than they think!

To make the 60 vote rule even more ridiculous, there is another rule that they can pass legisslation with 51 votes once a year, so they load that Bill up will all kinds of garbage, hoping to slip it through. Of course this makes it more likely that the over-burdened Bill will either fail, or be vetoed.

We, the People, should DEMAND that they get rid of the 60 vote requirement to bring something up for a vote. Who are they to change the meaning of “majority”? They are subverting the constitution. Why are they afraid to go on record with a vote? Well, we know why. It makes it harder for them to keep lying to us — that’s why.

We also should demand that each Bill be on ONE topic.

In case one of you wants to say, “Well Cruz will get rid of the 60 vote rule”. forget it. He is one of the people who has defended keeping it to my Congressman.

I am not a happy camper right now.