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October 19, 2021
This. and the debate has to be germane. i think thats a good debate to have about voter -- voting reform and election law. and we win that debate. but theyre not going to last. they just wont last there. and thats -- thats the filibuster form that manchin has said in a recording, was made with no labels. you may have saw this, seen this a few weeks ago is open to this very modification. its not a modification. and what this would do is restore the fill buster to what it was, which was something ...
December 29, 2012
Is a central part in the senate, the 60-vote super majority, but it would make the filibuster into something that the minority had to put some effort into using. you have to want it. now, so i want to be clear on merkleys proposal. if it passed, the minority could still filibuster anything they wanted. they couldnt subject almost everything to the same 60-society challenge we have now. all they would have to do is talk. tell the american people why. and they probably wouldnt even have to do that...
December 29, 2012
60-vote challenge we have now. all they would have to do is talk. tell the american people why. and they probably wouldnt even have to do that that much, because the majority cant just let them talk all the time, they have to let them get stuff done. but even that modest reform is too much for many senators. "the huffington post" reports that a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by john mccain and levin are proposing a counter proposal that does even less. it would eliminate some redundant opport...
December 29, 2012
Into something that the minority had to put some effort into using. you have to want it. now, so i want to be clear on merkleys proposal. if it passed, the minority could still filibuster anything they wanted. they couldnt subject almost everything to the same 60-vote challenge we have now. all they would have to do is talk. tell the american people why. and they probably wouldnt even have to do that that much, because the majority cant just let them talk all the time, they have to let them get ...
December 29, 2012
And they probably wouldnt even have to do that that much, because the majority cant just let them talk all the time, they have to let them get stuff done. but even that modest reform is too much for many senators. "the huffington post" reports that a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by herman cain and levin are proposing a counter proposal that does even less. it would eliminate some redundant opportunities to filibuster. give quicker consideration to some nominations, as long as no other senat...