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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 […] March 13th, 2014 | Tags: "climate change", "Stop Cloture Abuse Resolution", cloture, debate, filibusters, Mark Levin, obstruction, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Harry Reid, Senate Rule XXII | Category: Congress, corruption, legislation, Media accountability, Politicians, Progressives, Video | Comments are closed
Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg Reason Magazine 11/21/2013 What a difference eight years and a Senate majority makes. Back in 2005, Senate Democrats (including Barack Obama) were in the minority – and dead-set against a Republican plan to allow judicial nominations to proceed to an up-or-down vote based on a simple majority. The so-called nuclear […] November 21st, 2013 | Tags: "court packing", "Daisy Ad", "nuclear option", Andrew C. McCarthy, enumerated powers, filibusters, FoxNews.com, hypocrisy, Mark Levin, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Joe Biden, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Federal Judges, Founding Fathers, Glenn Beck, Politicians, Progressives, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
Brian Darling RedState 12/23/2010 Senate Democrats are going to be working over the Christmas break to deliver a lump of coal to the American people in the form of a radical changing of the Senate’s rules. This is a naked power grab by liberals in the Senate pure and simple. The National Journal reports that […] December 26th, 2010 | Tags: amendments, debates, filibusters, Sen. Arlen Specter, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Tom Udall, Senate rules | Category: Congress, legislation, lobbyists, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Senate Democrats Gather In The Rules Committee To Eliminate The Filibuster, Which They Previously Called One “Of The Most Treasured And Cherished Traditions Of The United States Senate.”
The Leader Board Republican.Senate.Gov 4/22/2010 THEN-SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL): “What [The American People] Do Not Expect Is For One Party, Be It […] April 22nd, 2010 | Tags: Democrats, filibusters, Rules Committee | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, corruption, Politics | Comments are closed
Senatus 3/7/2010 Senate Democrats “may be ready to actually make Republicans carry out filibusters,” POLITICO reports. Basking in their political victory over Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.) blockade of an extension of unemployment insurance, Democrats say that they may force Republicans to talk endlessly on the floor in the months leading up to November’s elections. […] March 7th, 2010 | Tags: filibusters, Sen. Dick Durbin | Category: Congress, Elections | Comments are closed
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