McConnell Wants the Filibuster Nuked

[Hutch Starskey]

The filibuster is there for a very good reason. It prevents the tyranny of the majority. Follow the Constitution, do not destroy it.

It’s not tyranny. Those in power were elected to enact the priorities they ran on. The filibuster is not in the constitution.

 

[Lastamender]

It’s not tyranny. Those in power were elected to enact the priorities they ran on. The filibuster is not in the constitution.

Either is the tyranny of the majority. But the founding fathers recognized the danger and came up with the filibuster. It is as American as apple pie. It is in the way of an obvious power grab.

 

[Lesh]

Republicans had the majority in the Senate for those appointments, you blithering idiot.

A Senate majority that represented a minority of the voters

 

[Lesh]

Either is the tyranny of the majority. But the founding fathers recognized the danger and came up with the filibuster. It is as American as apple pie. It is in the way of an obvious power grab.

The Founding Fathers advocated a Representative Democracy in which the MAJORITY had the greater influence over policy and governance

 

[kyzr]

Joe Manchin repeated today that he will NOT vote to end the filibuster, period.
End of story.

The dems are out of straws to grasp.
Take the deal McConnell is offering...kick the can, or lose big.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Either is the tyranny of the majority. But the founding fathers recognized the danger and came up with the filibuster. It is as American as apple pie. It is in the way of an obvious power grab.

Power grab? The majority were elected. Why are you constantly making the regular order to be somehow nefarious? The minority were not elected to power. They should not have control over those who were.

 

[Lastamender]

Power grab? The majority were elected. Why are you constantly making the regular order to be somehow nefarious? The minority were not elected to power. They should not have control over those who were.

What is regular about political harassment? What is regular about censorship and intimidation like job loss? Intolerant bastards, that is not regular.

 

[Nostra]

A Senate majority that represented a minority of the voters

They had a majority in the Senate. Get educated on how our system works, Dipshit.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

What is regular about political harassment? What is regular about censorship and intimidation like job loss? Intolerant bastards, that is not regular.

Huh?
The inside of your head must be an absolute mess.

 

[Lastamender]

Huh?
The inside of your head must be an absolute mess.

That crap does not work. You can't see what is going on? Try again.

 

[BluesLegend]

So what is he doing? He's gambling. He's pushing our economy to the edge of the financial cliff. He is betting that Republicans will take back Congress either in 2022 or 2024.

Lib please, asshole Dems will burn the country to the ground just to win an election. Dems have zero credibility.

 

[Lesh]

Lib please, asshole Dems will burn the country to the ground just to win an election. Dems have zero credibility.

We seem to have diametrically opposed opinions

And here we have McConnell supporting ME

 

[Hutch Starskey]

That crap does not work. You can't see what is going on? Try again.

Your crap never works. It has nothing to do with the majority or the filibuster.

 

[Lastamender]

Your crap never works. It has nothing to do with the majority or the filibuster.

I know you do not respect tradition unless it fits the narrative.

 

[sartre play]

Nothing Mitch does is for the good of the country,

 

[struth]

Biden Says ‘Real Possibility’ Senate Democrats Change Filibuster Rules To Raise Debt Ceiling

The off-the-cuff remarks are a notable shift in the president's thinking as Democrats are frustrated by GOP efforts to prevent simple majority votes.

www.huffpost.com

McConnell has admitted that it is hugely important to raise the Debt ceiling. He admits that it would be a disaster for the economy to not do so and yet he is using the filibuster to block the bill that would raise it.

He claims that Dems could use reconciliation (which under Senate rules can not be filibustered). The problem is that reconciliation is a huge bill and takes far more time than we have . McConnell knows this. He's an expert on Senate rules and procedures.

So what is he doing? He's gambling. He's pushing our economy to the edge of the financial cliff. He is betting that Republicans will take back Congress either in 2022 or 2024.

Dems are talking about "nuking" ONLY debt ceiling bills regarding the filibuster and leaving the rest in place. That would mean that Republicans can still block large parts of the Biden agenda.

McConnell will use that as an excuse to TOTALLY nuke everything and blame it on the Dems. That's what the cynical bastard did with Judicial Appointments. He blocked almost all of Obama's lower court judicial appointments and even Cabinet appointments. As a result Dems removed the filibuster for those appointments but left the filibuster in place for Supreme Court appointments.

McConnell used that as an excuse to nuke all judicial appointments. He'll do the same here

Dems will probably HAVE to nuke the filibuster for the debt ceiling but they'd be stupid to stop there. It will be gone anyway really soon and if THEY don't nuke it...they will have lost the opportunity to push through the Biden agenda.

Of course the stumbling point are the conservadems Sinema and Mancin who don't seem to know what party they represent.

hahaha the entire point of reconciliation is to expedite a bill to a law

 

[Turtlesoup]

Same way McConnells antics forced Dems to abandon the filibuster on low level judicial appointments

McConnell is irresponsible with the filibuster
Needs to be taken away from him

Congress is irresponsible (CORRUPT) at spending. Stop raising the debt ceiling--force them to cut spending. Default on the debt---stop loaning the US money..no more credit.

 

[rightwinger]

Congress is irresponsible (CORRUPT) at spending. Stop raising the debt ceiling--force them to cut spending. Default on the debt---stop loaning the US money..no more credit.

Then prosecute them

Congress can deficit spent. Don’t like it, change the law

 

[Borillar]

99% of you ideology IS in "Mein Kampf" though.

Nah, that’s the GOP platform in the original German.

 

[Turtlesoup]

Making shit up like saying Trump wasn't impeached, Fruitcake?

Trump wasn't really impeached----
1) Pelosi's kangaroo court was more an abuse of power than about anything Trump actually did
2) Trump wasn't convicted because well everyone knew that Pelosi was lying her ass off and abusing her position to harm him and the country. Pelosi belongs in prison..