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Tag: filibuster

Posted on Tue, Jul 16th, 2013

Bernie Sanders Calls the Republicans Gutless For Hiding Behind ‘Filibusters’

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In the polite language of the Senate, Bernie Sanders called Senate Republicans gutless for 'filibustering' via the 60 vote rule instead of voting and owning their unpopular positions.

Posted on Sun, Jul 14th, 2013Sun, Jul 14th, 2013

A Sniveling Mitch McConnell Begs Harry Reid Not To Use the Nuclear Option

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Mitch McConnell abandoned his tough talk on Meet The Press, and went into full suck up mode. He called Harry Reid a good man, and a good majority leader while begging for no nuclear option.

Posted on Fri, Jun 28th, 2013Fri, Jun 28th, 2013

Rick Perry Takes A Very Personal Cheap Shot at Wendy Davis

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Rick Perry takes it very personally what choices Wendy Davis and her mother have made and demands that all women make the same choices.

Posted on Mon, Feb 25th, 2013Thu, Feb 28th, 2013

Harry Reid Needs to Get Both a Spine and a Clue and Confront Republican Obstruction

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After suffering their obstruction in the 111th and 112th Congress, one would think Reid would get a clue, and a spine, and do his job as Majority Leader and end Republican abuse of the filibuster.

Posted on Thu, Jan 24th, 2013Fri, Feb 8th, 2013

Filibuster Reform Deal Shows the Senate Isn’t Ready to Admit It has a Problem

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The problem with the Senate's new filibuster rules isn't that they won't be effective, but that the bipartisan agreement suggests that senators don't even understand the problem.

Posted on Thu, Jan 3rd, 2013Fri, Feb 8th, 2013

Harry Reid Wants Input on Filibuster; let’s give it to him

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If Senator Reid needs more input on filibuster reform, let's make our voices heard right now.

Posted on Sun, Dec 30th, 2012Fri, Feb 8th, 2013

Republicans Fulfill Their Destiny of Creating the Worst Congress in Nearly 70 Years

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Republicans are on pace, and appear pleased, to hold the distinction as the most unproductive Congress since the 1940s, and it looks as if that was their intention all along.

Posted on Sun, Dec 9th, 2012Fri, Feb 8th, 2013

Since Democrats took control of the Senate in 2006, Republicans Have Mounted 380 Filibusters

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Republicans have managed to give the public Republican rule via the filibuster, even though the public elected Democratic rule.

Posted on Thu, Dec 6th, 2012Fri, Feb 8th, 2013

Mitch McConnell Will Filibuster Anything, Including His Own Bill

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Senate history may have been made today when GOP Sen Mitch McConnell attempted to filibuster his own bill on the debt ceiling. Reid called him out, 'I guess we have a filibuster of his own bill.'

Posted on Mon, Apr 30th, 2012Fri, Feb 8th, 2013

African Americans Will Be Critical to the 2012 Election, but None Will Be Elected to the Senate

President Obama looks like he's going to be re-elected, no African Americans will be elected to the Senate in 2012, but their support will be critical in Senate elections across the country.

Posted on Tue, Mar 2nd, 2010Sun, Aug 10th, 2014

Jon Stewart Rips Jim Bunning’s Unemployment Benefits Filibuster

On The Daily Show last night host Jon Stewart offered his take on Sen. Jim Bunning's (R-KY) filibuster of the proposed 30 day extension of unemployment benefits. Stewart said, "You hear that unemployed people in the middle of one of the worst recession in history, no 30 day extension of benefits until we balance the entire federal budget to Jim Bunning's liking."

Posted on Tue, Jun 16th, 2009Sun, Aug 10th, 2014

Bill Clinton Urges Obama to Fight for a Public Health Insurance Option

Yesterday former President Bill Clinton advised President Obama to stand strong when it comes to a including a single payer option in the healthcare reform bill. Clinton advised Obama not to sell the store, just to get 60 votes to get a healthcare reform bill passed.

Posted on Tue, Feb 3rd, 2009Sun, Aug 10th, 2014

Russ Feingold Blasts New Hampshire Senate Deal

ImageSen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) used the announcement that the Democratic Gov.

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