Franken: A Perversion of the Filibuster

[babylonsister]

Run time: 02:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccABIeAg1_0   Posted on YouTube: March 16, 2010 By YouTube Member: SenateDemocrats Views on YouTube: 307   Posted on DU: March 16, 2010 By DU Member: babylonsister Views on DU: 1457

 
Freshmen and sophomore Democratic Senators today went to the Senate floor as a group to highlight the Republican obstructionism on nominations. As of this morning, there are 88 nominees on the Senate calendar, including posts at the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Treasury and the Army. "This is a perversion of the filibuster and a perversion of the role of the Senate," said Sen. Al Franken. "It used to be that the filibuster was reserved for matters of great principle. Today it has become a way to play out the clock."

[rhett o rick]

1. Play out the clock until the shadow government of Jeb and Liz can take control in

2012. Rec.

[baldguy]

2. The problem isn't the filibuster - the problem is they never even GET to the filibuster.

As soon as a bill is introduced, the supporters need to get 60 votes to pass cloture to avoid the filibuster. Instead of avoiding it, they should force a filibuster. Make the GOP stand up, hog the Senate floor for 20 or 30 days IN SUPPORT OF ONE OF THE MOST HATED INDUSTRIES IN AMERICA!

[Writer]

3. Who was the jackass chortling in the background during Franken's speech? n/t

[greiner3]

4. The woman behind and to Franken's right;

Looks almost exactly like TYT's (I'm terrible on names); yeah her.

[lobodons]

5. Force the Filibuster

Every frickin time, force the filibuster.

[suzanner]

6. Franken's my senator and I went on a limb to help 'cause he's a smart man.

I am concerned that the last couple vids of him, his speech sounds a bit garbled. He's got to watch his health or whatever the issue is because MN has the same unscrupulous rw pole judges as every other rw-media-saturated state. People like me won't be able to give the support for court costs again.

[mucifer]

7. kick

:)

[bondwooley]

8. Just how stupid is the filibuster? ...

... I agree with the folks who have posted comments that it should be forced.

But to get an idea of how preposterous it is in general, you have to imagine what it would be like if it were used by all of us in daily life.

If you want a short satire break, here's a video that explores that concept:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDhIEXkVGiY

[activa8tr]

9. cute! I love that! Stonewall is my hero of the filibuster... makes more

sense than Republican Senators.