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Harry Reid is mad that Republicans didn't obstruct his bill
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:55 pm
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After all his complaints about Republican obstruction this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed frustration last night after Republicans helped guarantee a floor vote on a measure he supports.
The Nevada Democrat has accused Senate Republicans of chicanery for voting to advance to the Senate floor a Democratic constitutional amendment allowing Congress to regulate all campaign speech and spending.
After Monday's bipartisan 79-18 vote, Reid vented to reporters that Republicans were trying to "stall" the Senate, indicating that he never intended for the campaign finance amendment by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to go to a real floor debate.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:55 pm to wickowick
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The move not only guarantees a lengthy debate over Democratic efforts to limit the First Amendment, but it also limits the amount of time left for debates over other doomed measures on gender pay equality and the minimum wage, which were intended to frame the coming elections for Democrats as they defend their Senate majority.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:57 pm to wickowick
Damn harry thanks for the laugh.
MSM should all lead with this as the country could use some humor these days.
MSM should all lead with this as the country could use some humor these days.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:59 pm to wickowick
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Harry Reid
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trying to "stall" the Senate,
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he never intended for the campaign finance amendment by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to go to a real floor debate.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:04 pm to wickowick
Sad. Truly sad. Leaders like this make me weep for my country.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:06 pm to DrunkenStuporMan
Title should read, Dems punch themselves in the scrotum.
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The move not only guarantees a lengthy debate over Democratic efforts to limit the First Amendment, but it also limits the amount of time left for debates over other doomed measures on gender pay equality and the minimum wage, which were intended to frame the coming elections for Democrats as they defend their Senate majority
This post was edited on 9/9/14 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:07 pm to wickowick
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After all his complaints about Republican obstruction this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed frustration last night after Republicans helped guarantee a floor vote on a measure he supports.
Somewhere Stephen King is reading this and thinking "why can't I come up with shite this good!?!"
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:09 pm to wickowick
Would this clown be sucessfull in ANY other profession? the federal goevernment has become such a joke.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:12 pm to EvrybodysAllAmerican
Wait, the real story here is that the Senate Republicans did something that sounds smart?
blind hogs, acorns, etc.
blind hogs, acorns, etc.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:24 pm to wickowick
Oh my God that isn't an Onion link.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:28 pm to wickowick
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doomed measures on gender pay equality
I'd pay money to see Republicans note, during the debate, that some of the highest profile cases of women being paid significantly less than men occurs on Dem political staffs.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:32 pm to wickowick
Harry Reid is without a doubt the most toxic politician in the last 50 years.
This post was edited on 11/7/15 at 6:43 am
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:40 pm to LSUwag
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Harry Reid is without a doubt the most toxic politician in the last 50 years.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:41 pm to jeepfreak
I don't think Pelosi is a proven pederast.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:42 pm to udtiger
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don't think Pelosi is a proven pederast.
She is now
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:44 pm to wickowick
So how long is this floor debate supposed to go on?
Posted on 9/9/14 at 5:02 pm to OleWar
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So how long is this floor debate supposed to go on?
Looks like as long as the R's want it to. The reverse filibuster
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Perhaps the modern Senate’s defining feature is the potential difficulty of reaching a final vote on a matter. Most questions that the Senate considers – from a motion to proceed to a bill, to each amendment, to the bill itself – are not subject to any debate limit. Simply put, Senate rules provide no way for a simple numerical majority to cut off or otherwise impose a debate limit and move to a final vote. As a result, Senators can effectively wage (or threaten to wage) a filibuster – in effect, insist on extended debate in order to delay or prevent a final vote on most amendments, bills, or other motions.
In addition, Senate rules provide few options to comprehensively limit the amendments proposed to a bill. Unlike the House, for example, under most circumstances amendments in the Senate need not be germane, and amendments sometimes involve subject matter unrelated to the bill in question. This can lead to a much more wide-ranging and less predictable floor debate than typically occurs in the House.
Senate Rule XXII, often called the cloture rule, does allow a supermajority to limit debate on a bill, amendment, or motion; in addition, in the case of a bill, cloture limits the amendments that can be offered. Supporters of, for instance, a bill under floor consideration can file a cloture motion, signed by at least 16 Senators. Two days of session later, Senators vote on the cloture motion. If three-fifths – usually 60 Senators – agree, then further consideration of the bill is limited to 30 hours, during which only amendments from a pre-specified list of germane ones can be offered. After this final period of consideration, the Senate will take a final vote on the bill. This final vote requires only a simple majority for approval. But because a cloture process is often required to end debate on a bill, then the bill first must garner the support of a three-fifths supermajority. All told, this process of reaching a final vote on a bill can require about a week of Senate floor time to complete.
Overall, these rules and practices governing floor debate and amending in the Senate provide significant leverage to each individual Senator. But rather than relying on the formal rules like cloture, frequently the Senate can more effectively act using unanimous consent agreements. Such an agreement is a structured plan for limiting debate and amending – a plan that can be tailored to each bill that comes to the floor (somewhat akin to a special rule in the House). Through the use of these agreements, the details of which all Senators have agreed upon, the Senate can more effectively process its business while protecting the procedural rights of each of its members.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 5:10 pm to wickowick
quote:Those selfish, Republican bastards!!!
The Nevada Democrat has accused Senate Republicans of chicanery for voting to advance to the Senate floor a Democratic constitutional amendment
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