It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Politics/Legislation/Elections => Topic started by: jpatrickham on October 08, 2011, 08:31:23 AM
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Filed under Government, Health Care
"On Thursday, the US senate was poised to cast a pro forma vote on final passage of a China currency bill when Senate Republicans attempted to use the rules of the Senate to attach a post-cloture amendment. The Republican amendment would have required a vote on President Obama’s jobs bill, forcing Democrats to vote on the plan the president has been blaming Republicans for blocking. Because there are insufficient votes among Senate Democrats to force closure or pass the bill, allowing the amendment would have blown up the charade that congressional Republicans are the lone roadblock to Obama’s jobs bill.
Senate Majority Leader Reid objected to the affirmative ruling on the amendment and forced a vote along party lines, 51-48, to overrule the parliamentarian’s decision to allow it. Reid’s move effectively eliminates the minority’s ability to offer amendments, casting aside Senate history and precedent to change Senate rules simply to avoid a vote on a jobs plan his Democratic president has been demanding from Congress.
The Reid move establishes a dangerous precedent for the minority party. The repeal of Obamacare in January, 2013, may have just shifted from “possibility” to “likelihood,” thanks to a senior Senator who changed the rules simply to avoid embarrassment. Harry’s problems may be just beginning."
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Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, are the gift that keeps giving all year long. Add Joe Biden and what you have is a Critically Acclaimed Sitcom. Knowing what we do about Obama's Trillion + dollar boondoggle, and how it will hurt his chances of reelection, this hole thing may be a way for Obama to get out from under this Turkey? ::whatgives::
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The pubbies can call the rule change, "The Harry Reid rule" and beat them over the head with it day in and day out. I mean what the hell can the lamestream media do about something named for the one that originally did it.. The $64k question is would McConnell do it? I think we can all agree that he wouldn't because it wouldn't be fair in his samll limited go along to get along mindset. If or should I say when the GOP wins control of the Senate for the next session, McConnell needs to be voted down as Majority Leader and DeMint should take the position.
It turns my stomach to think that Mitch might actuall be majority leader next session. What say you ::facepalm::?
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::puke::
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Replace Mitch with Jim DeMint
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Replace Mitch with Jim DeMint
I'll second that, in fact Jim DeMint should be the only Senator left after the Election. I wish! ::praying::
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I think Rand Paul is doing a good job.
Not as impressed with Rubio as many are
I hear good things abnout Mike Lee but don't know much about him
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Replace Mitch with Jim DeMint
::thumbsup::
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We all seem to be in agreement with the desire to change the leadership of the Senate but we all are very much aware that the Senate is a good ol' boy's club with absolutely nobody that desires in breaking out of the broke dick "It's his turn" paradigm. ::bashing::
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Not enough of them, anyway.
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We all seem to be in agreement with the desire to change the leadership of the Senate but we all are very much aware that the Senate is a good ol' boy's club with absolutely nobody that desires in breaking out of the broke dick "It's his turn" paradigm. ::bashing::
THAT'S the way I view the senate.