G (Obstructionist) P - has made 60 the new 50

[Hawaii Hiker]

Republicans have held up health care, as well as President Obama's judicial nominations, & probably a host of other things as well...It's time to use the Reconcilation process to pass health-care, & the nuclear option to prevent filibusters on Obama's judicial nominations.....Enough is fucking enough, Republicans aren't going to support the president on anything anyway ..


"The real reason, of course, is that 60 is the new 50. The Republicans filibuster everything nowadays so it takes 60 votes to get anything done and the Republicans can usually count on a few Democrats trying to slow things down to boot. If the bill had simply gone for an up-or-down vote, it would have passed months ago. In this context, it is useful to remember that there is nothing about filibusters in the constitution. It is simply a Senate rule. In the past, it was used only in emergencies, not every day. In particular, in the entire 19th century, there were fewer than two dozen filibusters, despite debates on the admission of new states as slave or free, secession, the Civil War, and reconstruction--not exactly topics on which there was unanimous consent".

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