Reply #15: Reid's Office: Bunning Holding All Nominees -- Enough! Change the Senate rules now to end this! [View All]

- By using the Constitutional Option, it only takes 50 votes with the support of Vice-President Biden to end this disruption and obstruction of the Senate. Democrats can either use the power given to them by voters and the Constitution of the United States or they can capitulate and surrender to the minority in Congress. Anymore weakness and paralysis by Democrats will guarantee Republican control of Congress and the White House in 2012. BBI -

Reid's Office: Bunning Holding All Nominees
By Rachel Slajda
March 2, 2010

Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY), who has become a one-man filibuster of a bill to extend unemployment benefits, apparently placed a hold on all presidential nominees last week.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office confirms to TPMDC that Bunning has placed the holds.

"It turns out that not only is he been blocking the unemployment insurance bill, he has also been blocking the confirmation of nominees since last week as well," said Reid spokesman Jim Manley

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