How Harry Reid Is Trying to End Debate in the Senate

Hans von Spakovsky The Foundry Heritage.org 3/13/2014

The latest salvo in the Senate’s procedural war was fired yesterday when Senator Chuck Grassley (R—Iowa) introduced a resolution to limit abuse of the cloture rule—a practice frequently employed by Sen. Harry Reid (D–Nev.). Grassley was joined by at least 25 other GOP senators in sponsoring the “Stop […]

Sen. Ted Cruz Speaks Against Corker-Hoeven Amendment to the Immigration Bill

Sen TedCruz YouTube 6/24/2013

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Related: 10 Problems with the Gang of Eight Immigration Bill [graphics]

The immigration debate barrels ahead in the Senate this week—and the Gang of Eight wants you to believe it’s a done deal.

The media and many Senators have been trumpeting a new amendment to the bill by […]

They had to pass the bill so you could see what’s in it

Gun Bill Passes Senate Cloture, Despite the Fact that No Senator Has Actually Seen It

Bryan Preston PJ Media 4/11/2013

The gun bill passed cloture in the Senate with 68 votes today.

How does this happen, in what we are told is the world’s greatest deliberative body, when senators have not even seen the text […]

Meet the 16 Republican Senators Who Voted to Advance Gun Control

Things Liberals Hate Facebook 4/11/2013

 

 

 

Related: Pelosi: Senate Gun Control Bill May Have Prevented Newtown…

 

Update: Senate cloture vote tells us one thing: the GOP as a national party is dead

Mark Levin: Sixteen Republicans who voted against cloture today must be CHALLENGED and DEFEATED

This is why […]

Rand Paul found that sliver of principle on which right and left agree

William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 3/7/2013

Rand Paul’s filibuster of John Brennan yesterday, which went on for over 12 hours, was a phenomenon. He was joined at various times by Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ron Wyden, and late in the night, Tim Scott, Ron Johnson and others.

As the screenshots in my post […]

Hagel Confirmation Blocked

Breitbart.com Big Government 2/14/2013

The Senate has failed, 40-58, to pass a motion by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to close debate on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to the post of Secretary of Defense. A Republican filibuster held, as Democrats failed to muster the 60 votes necessary to pass cloture and move to a […]

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