All Of The Sudden, After Four Years Of Blocking ANY Legislation, Republicans Want A Vote?!!!!

bigtree

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Mon Feb-05-07 02:28 PM
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All Of The Sudden, After Four Years Of Blocking ANY Legislation, Republicans Want A Vote?!!!!

Leader McConnell 's on now, talking about FAIRNESS!!!

FAIRNESS?!!!

They had their chance to lead, now they need to GET OUT OF THE WAY!

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Cod...

Bush's Bloodthirsty Republicans Scrambling to Block Bipartisan Iraq Resolution
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=128147&mesg_id=128147

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SteppingRazor

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Mon Feb-05-07 02:30 PM
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1. Man I can't wait for 2008, when 22 GOP senators go up for re-election...

if they keep acting like idiots, by 2008, we'll have the White House and a filibuster-proof majority.

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zazen

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Mon Feb-05-07 02:35 PM
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2. What happened to the "nuclear option" as a counter to filibuster?

Just wondering why it's off the table, apparently, along with impeachment. I thought the Senate Majority could change the rules by a simple majority and dispense with the filibuster as a tool. Would they lose Repub anti-war support if they did this, or would that Gang of 12 stop it?

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SteppingRazor

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Mon Feb-05-07 02:37 PM
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3. Well, the GOP didn't use it on us...

so I think it would seriously backfire for us to use it on them. All their whining would actually have some merit in the eyes of many voters. Besides, there's larger issues to consider in that. Like, for example, what happens when one day the GOP takes over Congress again and we don't have the filibuster option?

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TheBaldyMan

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Mon Feb-05-07 03:07 PM
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7. they didn't have to use it - the vote passed,

almost split down straight party lines, remember the vitriol slung around when prominent Democratic politicians voted with the administration AGAIN! Triangulators were out in force.

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Arkansas Granny

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Mon Feb-05-07 02:42 PM
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4. I could be wrong, but I thought that the "nuclear option" only applied

to Bush's judicial nominees. Did it apply to all Senate business?

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AllegroRondo

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Mon Feb-05-07 02:48 PM
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5. Correct, it was judicial nominees only

although a case could be made that it applied to all presidential appointments, such as cabinet members and the like.

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zbdent

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Mon Feb-05-07 02:54 PM
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6. yeah, like rules really mean anything to Repukes ...

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newyawker99

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Mon Feb-05-07 05:01 PM
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8. Hi zazen!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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