Tell him to stick it. Payback is a bitch.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that Republicans must
confirm at least seven presidential appointees they've been blocking if
they want to avoid a controversial change in Senate rules as early as
this week.
A compromise deal to confirm fewer than those seven will not suffice, Reid said only hours before a planned bipartisan gathering on the deeply divisive issue.
The Nevada Democrat again threatened to change Senate rules to allow simple-majority votes for presidential nominees other than judges. Despite virulent protests by Republicans, Reid called the move "a minor change, no big deal."
Republicans have often delayed or blocked presidential nominees by using their filibuster powers, which allow 41 senators to block actions in the 100-member chamber. Many senators cherish rules and traditions that give minority members far more power than anything enjoyed by minority-party members of the House.
A compromise deal to confirm fewer than those seven will not suffice, Reid said only hours before a planned bipartisan gathering on the deeply divisive issue.
The Nevada Democrat again threatened to change Senate rules to allow simple-majority votes for presidential nominees other than judges. Despite virulent protests by Republicans, Reid called the move "a minor change, no big deal."
Republicans have often delayed or blocked presidential nominees by using their filibuster powers, which allow 41 senators to block actions in the 100-member chamber. Many senators cherish rules and traditions that give minority members far more power than anything enjoyed by minority-party members of the House.
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Harry needs to know that he will have to live by the wild west rules if he quits the current rules. And 2014 isn't far away...and payback is a bitch.
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Deleteit's ok, we have the ultimate filibuster buster
ReplyDeleteAin't that the truth.:)
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