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Agorism
12-26-2010, 03:17 AM
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/04/udall-reform-filibuster/


Just thought I'd point this out.


UDALL: The first thing for people to really understand about the Constitutional Option is that people are frustrated with the rules of the Senate and I don’t blame them. The reason they’re frustrated is because when we campaigned and when President Obama campaigned, we were gonna do all these great things, make these great changes, move the nation forward, and that’s not happening as quickly as we would want it to happen. So that’s a critical issue — that we’re not getting the change that people want. And so what the Constitutional Option is about is doing rules reform in the Senate at the beginning of a Congress and the crucial thing is that at the beginning of Congress you can set rules with 51 Senators. You can end the debate and you can adopt new rules. Now is the time for rules reform.

cindy25
12-26-2010, 04:22 AM
if they still controlled the House this would make sense, or at least have a purpose. the Republicans lose nothing regardless what Reid and Biden do; it won't change the House majority.

Agorism
12-26-2010, 04:34 AM
For the current term it won't matter that much, but in the long term this will be a disaster.

Imagine what the dems would have done this last term had they had no filibuster.

cindy25
12-26-2010, 04:50 AM
but it could be the only way to repeal Obama care; getting 51 seats in the Jan 2013 Senate is doable, as is the White House.

but 60 seats-highly unlikely