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earthside

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3. Both houses of Congress controlled by Repuglicans.

Reply to TheProgressive (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 10:41 PM

Jan 2013

The House with a majority of Repuglicans and the Senate with a 'tyranny of the minority'.

I think filibuster reform would have put pressure on the House to have votes on all bills passed by the Senate, i.e., the end of the Hastart rule.

And, like with the Bush tax cuts bill, you could have hopefully cobbled together all Democrats and 25 or so Repuglicans to actually pass some bills and send them to the President of his signature.

Now, that is not likely to happen.

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I don't care much for Reid, however, what benefit would filibuster reform do now? [View all] TheProgressive Jan 2013 OP

Cabinet and judiciary appointments. sadbear Jan 2013 #1

Good point... TheProgressive Jan 2013 #2

There were changes made today that affect the judicial nominations ... Tx4obama Jan 2013 #5

I was aware of the anonymous holds.. TheProgressive Jan 2013 #8

Only the unimportant ones. jeff47 Jan 2013 #9

U.S. District Court Judges are not really that low-level or unimportant, and that is where ... Tx4obama Jan 2013 #12

They're the lowest level of federal courts. jeff47 Jan 2013 #14

Filling Those Vacancies Have Long Term Benefits... KharmaTrain Jan 2013 #16

At the appellate and higher level jeff47 Jan 2013 #17

True... KharmaTrain Jan 2013 #18

See comment #5 Tx4obama Jan 2013 #6

Both houses of Congress controlled by Repuglicans. earthside Jan 2013 #3

Huh? The filibuster has nothing to do with the House, only the Senate ... Tx4obama Jan 2013 #7

The 60 vote filibuster gives them control of the Senate. jeff47 Jan 2013 #10

And the Hastert rule ... earthside Jan 2013 #15

No benefit Bigbluebrush Jan 2013 #4

Aside from appointments mentioned above jeff47 Jan 2013 #11

4 More Years Of The Last 4 Years. blkmusclmachine Jan 2013 #13

Without votes, how does anybody know where Senators stand? moondust Jan 2013 #19