Harry Reid Tees Up Potential Filibuster Rule Fight

[Tx4obama]

Harry Reid Tees Up Potential Filibuster Rule Fight

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) signaled Tuesday that his Democratic caucus members are becoming so frustrated with Republicans blocking President Barack Obama's nominees that they will again consider whether to invoke the so-called nuclear option to change Senate rules.

"I'm going to have a full meeting with my caucus on Thursday. We're going to talk about nominations," Reid said. He did not hint what he would do, but suggested his deliberations were far enough along that the sessions with his members would be decisive.

"I think Thursday, by the time the day's out, you'll have a better idea of what we're going to try to do on this," Reid told reporters on Capitol Hill.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/harry-reid-filibuster_n_3568948.html

[Just Saying]

1. Finally!

These obstructionists are hurting the country and not doing their job! About damn time.

[PoliticAverse]

2. "will again consider whether to invoke " - Oh wow, they're going to 'consider' (again)!! n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Somebody owes me a new keyboard

You or Reid.

[Kablooie]

4. Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me three times, shame on me..
Fool me four times, shame on me.
Fool me five times, shame on me.
Fool me six times, shame on me.
Ad Infinitim..

[davidpdx]

7. No kidding

Reid has had his chance, screw him. He is an idiot for trusting McConnell. The last 7 months have been a waste of time.

Merkley had a plan to change the rules and his own party screwed him.

The feckless 7 along with Ding dong Reid continue to work for the other side.

[MurrayDelph]

10. Yes, but maybe THIS time

he really Really REALLY double-dog-REALLY means it.

Last January, Harry Reid helped stab my Senator Merkley in the back, and punished him when he said ouch.

But this time he means it.

[sigmasix]

5. I'll beleive reid AFTER he does it NT

[delrem]

6. At this point such announcements are fingernails scraped down a blackboard.

{for those of you aged and decrepit enough to catch the reference}

[KharmaTrain]

8. Place Your Bets...

...which Democrat will cave and prevent a majority vote? Manchin? Landreu? Heitkamp? DiFi??? Color my cynical anything will happen...

[Myrina]

9. Blah blah blah ....

:yawn: It's like the only 2 things DC knows how to do anymore: threaten to overturn ACA and threaten to rewrite filibuster rules.

The game's getting really old, guys.

FIX SOME SHIT, ALREADY!!

[malthaussen]

11. Oh, boy! Miscreants beware, huh?

We need to invent a new dance: the debt-ceiling/filibuster reform two-step. Kind of like the White Boy Shuffle: you look stupid, and always end up just where you started.

-- Mal

[Blue Idaho]

12. The boy who cried "wolf."

Does anyone really believe milk toast Harry will do anything about the abuse of filibuster rules in the senate anytime soon? Not me.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. Or Lucy holding a football. nt

[polichick]

13. Put up or shut up, Harry.

[Harmony Blue]

15. Reid is a joke

[Pab Sungenis]

16. BOHICA

[sakabatou]

17. I'm not holding my breath

[Iggo]

18. Yeah, yeah, sure.

We been down this road before.

Coulda done it. Didn't.

What's different now?

[dsc]

19. for those of you complaining about Reid

if you live in any of the following, and you haven't written your Senator about it, you are the problem. MI (Levin), VT (Leahy), CA (Boxer and Feinstein), Ark (Pryor), MT (Baucus) they are why this hasn't happened.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

20. We've all seen this play before

And we know how it ends. Fuck you Harry...

[Major Hogwash]

21. Is Reid going to use appointments to the President's administration or for judges first??

There was some talk of 7 important votes coming up this week.
But, I can't remember if it was about judges or appointments to President Obama's administration first.

[Tx4obama]

22. Judicial nominations will be excluded - change will be only for admin/agency nominees

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The fight over the filibuster in December and January was waged in public, with outside groups and progressive senators such as Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon trying to pressure Reid into action. This time, Reid and Merkley are working together and the outside advocacy has been much quieter, indicating that Reid himself is invested in the outcome.

One key difference this time is that the rules change would not apply to judicial nominees. Senate insiders say that Democrats lack the votes to change the rules for judges, but agency nominees are an easier sell. The president was elected, goes the argument, and has earned the right to choose his own staff, free of a filibuster. If Republicans want to pick the White House staff, then they should win the election and occupy the White House, the argument concludes. Judges, on the other hand, are a separate branch of government and are appointed for life. To underscore their reasoning, Democrats on Thursday released a compilation of video clips of Republicans such as McConnell (below). "I've been a proud guardian of gridlock myself," said McConnell in 2005, "but it never made sense for executive branch appointments." ...

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/harry-reid-nuclear-option_n_3579427.html

[Tx4obama]

23. Here's an excerpt and link regarding the 7 clotures Reid filed for the admin nominees

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Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations:

- Exec. Cal. #51, Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection;

- Exec. Cal #100, Richard Griffin, of the District of Columbia, to be Member of the National Labor Relations Board;

- Exec. Cal #101, Sharon Block, of the District of Columbia, to be Member of the National Labor Relations Board;

- Exec. Cal #104, Mark Pearce, of New York, to be Member of the National Labor Relations Board;

- Exec. Cal #178, Fred Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States;

- Exec. Cal #99, Thomas Perez, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Labor; and

- Exec. Cal #98, Gina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

-snip-
http://democrats.senate.gov/2013/07/11/cloture-filed-on-7-nominationsnext-vote-530pm-monday/

And here's a link to the Senate's Monday schedule: http://democrats.senate.gov/2013/07/15/senate-floor-schedule-for-monday-july-15-2013/

[Major Hogwash]

26. Excellent, do you know what the votes were for these crucial positions?

I wonder who voted against President Obama's choices to be the heads of these agencies.

I want to find out how my two redneck Senators voted.

[Tx4obama]

27. To see who voted for what ...

Here's a link to the page that lists 'all' senate votes that have so far been taken: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm

Click on the little red link in the first column for which ever vote you want to see.

[Major Hogwash]

28. Thanks, Tex.

Man, you sure have kept me up on what was going on this last week.

Haha.

I would have been lost without ya.
The local news isn't reporting any of this shiiiiitte.

I bookmarked that site so I won't forget again.

[Cha]

24. thanks Tx

[Stuart G]

25. They, Harry and the pukes are in negotiations now...

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/senators-hold-last-minute-talks-to-avoid-nuclear-option.php