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Tag: Filibuster

The Nuclear Option

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Thu Nov 21, 2013 at 04:15:04 PM EST
Tags: Stabenow, Reid, Levin, US Senate, Nuclear Option, Democrats, Hypocrisy, Filibuster, Cloture, 60% (all tags)

I am not celebrating this as a way to point out the insipid nature of Harry Reid and Michigan's US Senators.

They already fulfill a centuries old prophesy that politicians eventually would be not born, but would instead be excreted. Indeed, of all the dumb things Democrats could do with US Senate rules, this one takes the cake.

It's called the nuclear option for a reason. Democrats will regret this decision when Republicans take over the Senate in 2014 and win the Presidency in 2016. It was only a few short years ago that the GOP held the Congress and White House. The RNC as a great research piece on what top Democrats said then....

The Hypocrisy Is Nuclear: Top Democrat Amnesia On The Nuclear Option

In 2005, Then-Sen. Barack Obama Called For His Colleagues Considering The Nuclear Option To Think About "Protecting Free And Democratic Debate." SEN. BARACK OBAMA: "Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to think about the implications of what has been called the nuclear option and what effect that might have on this Chamber and on this country. I urge all of us to think not just about winning every debate but about protecting free and democratic debate." (Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Floor Remarks, Washington, DC, 4/13/05)

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While Our Michigan Senators Eat Cake

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue Sep 24, 2013 at 09:56:57 PM EST
Tags: Ted Cruz, Obamacare, Defund, Filibuster, Continuing Resolution (all tags)

Tonight Senator Ted Cruz is my Senator.

He is America's Senator. A Hero.

If you have not had the chance yet, get over to one of the streaming sites and watch a great debate. While technically not a filibuster until it delays the vote for cloture which would happen tomorrow. Cloture would cut off the amendment process and the only amendment made would be the stripping of the defunding mechanism in the continuing resolution to fund the government.