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This will have unintend consequences. remember the republicans, you weren t around then but after world war ii they pass ad 22nd amendment to the constitution to deny, two term limit on the president to deny fdr in death what they couldn t do in life. it affected two future presidents. this will come back to bite presidents in the future too. whether it s unconstitutional or whatever. the change of the filibuster rule in 75 supposed to limit filibusters, filibusters increased but didn t profound the nature of the senate and i don t think this will either after they get over the short term anger. chuck todd, what was behind the move? think what was behind it had to do what happened with the d.c. circuit. you know, we can go down a certain way. democrats wanted to fill these holes in the d.c. circuit. second highest court. more importantly the court that hears a lot of cases that are challenges to government ....
Pelosi, or john boehner who will be the next speaker unless something unusual happens. a number of democrats are opting for either. they re voting for other democrats signaling a break from nancy pelosi. heath shuler ran against her. there have been votes for him and other democrats as well. over on the senate side one thing we could see shaping up the fight over filibuster. republican mitch mcconnell has written an op-ed. he has been vocal about it. democratic senator tom udall is expected to go into the senate that may limit a measure that limit filibusters. something gop used while they have been in the minority. that is because the democrats forced them to that point. they haven t given them a chance to sit at table. john boehner will be 53rd speaker of the house. we have us about loads of friends. he will take a humble tack on this. people of the house, voters ....