party changed it to 3/5ths when they hit the magic 60?
Hint: It begins with a D
On Dec 15, 1:32 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/author/doctorbulldog/> Whiny Loser
> DemonRats Seek to Change Filibuster
> Rules<http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/whiny-loser-demonrats-s...>
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>
> *Is there any doubt that these commie senators are in the middle of mounting
> a coup d'etat to ensure they still hold the reins of power when they lose
> their majority in 2012?*
>
> *Funny, but I don't recall any kicking and screaming about the filibuster
> rule from these freaks back when they were the minority and were using the
> filibuster at the drop of a hat to block civil rights
> legislation<http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuste...>in
> the 1960s, nor when they used it to successfully block Bush's judicial
> nominees:*
>
> *Dems signal push for filibuster reform*
> *By Michael O'Brien - 12/15/10*
>
> Democrats will make an attempt to reform the Senate's filibuster rules, Sen.
> Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Wednesday.
>
> Brown joined other members of his party who have been signaling, in the
> closing days of the lame-duck Congress, that their party is likely to seek
> changes to longstanding Senate rules that require 60 votes (instead of a
> simple majority of 51) to advance most pieces of legislation in the chamber.
>
> *"Longstanding" Senate Rules that require 60 votes? Give me a break! *
>
> *It's only been about 30-some-odd years! In case you have forgotten or were
> too young to remember: Prior to the 1970s, the filibuster required 67 votes
> for cloture. It was a powerful tool---equivalent to throwing a monkey
> wrench into the works and bringing the Senate machinery to a complete
> standstill. Then, along came the Klu Klux Klan's Robert Byrd (
> Demonrat---of course! ) who, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, reduced
> the number of votes required for cloture from 67 down to 60; thereby, making
> it easier to kill a filibuster and reducing it's monkey wrench-like impact
> on the Senate . *
>
> *You see, the Demonrats have been working on this communist coup d'etat for
> over a hundred years, but the senate rules requiring only 60 votes for
> cloture are, historically, a fairly recent development.*
>
> **
> "I think you're going to see attempts to do that," Brown said Wednesday
> morning on MSNBC, referring to the prospects for filibuster reform.
>
> The filibuster, or at least the implied threat of one, has been used to
> great effect in the past two years by Senate Republicans to slow down
> or *flat-out
> block pieces of legislation favored by Democrats*.
>
> *Like Health Care Deform? Nope! Not at all. Do the math...*
>
> Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), a high-profile congressional liberal, is expected
> to address the need for filibuster reform in a speech at the National Press
> Club on Wednesday morning.
>
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