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I'm a conservative, but I think the filibuster should have been done away with decades ago (if it should have ever existed in the first place.) Like it or not, we have a majority rules government. The filibuster only creates gridlock. The shouldn't need a supermajority to pass something.
And also, what goes around comes around. At some point the Republicans will get control of the Senate. If the Dems get rid of the filibuster, at that point they're going to have live with whatever the Republicans want.
Filibuster in itself is ok, but when it is used the way GOP uses it to obstruct EVERYTHING, then it becomes unproductive.
In addition to filibustering a nominee for Secretary of Defense for the first time in history
Senate Republicans also blocked a sitting member of Congress from an Administration position for the first time since 1843. As a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Mel Watt’s understanding of the mistakes that led to the housing crisis made him uniquely qualified to serve as administrator of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Senate Republicans simply don’t like the consumer protections Congressman Watt was nominated to develop and implement. So they denied a fellow member of Congress and a graduate of Yale Law School even the courtesy of an up-or-down vote.
In the last three weeks alone, Republicans have blocked up-or-down votes on three highly qualified nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, considered by many to be the second highest court in the land.
Republicans have blocked four of President Obama’s five nominees to the D.C. Circuit, whereas Democrats approved four of President Bush’s six nominees to this important court. Today, 25 percent of the D.C. Circuit Court is vacant. There isn’t a single legitimate objection to the qualifications of any of these nominees. Yet Republicans refused to give them an up-or-down vote – a simple yes-or-no vote. Republicans simply don’t want President Obama to make any appointments at all to this vital court.
Further, only 23 district court nominees have been filibustered in the entire history of this country. Twenty of them were nominated by President Obama. With one out of every 10 federal judgeships vacant, millions of Americans who rely on courts that are overworked and understaffed are being denied the justice they rightly deserve. More than half the nation’s population lives in a part of the country that’s been declared a “judicial emergency.”
Suck it up Republicans. Time to roll up the sleeves and get something done. Judges nominated by the president will now be seated after 5 long years of republican obstructionism.
Filibuster in itself is ok, but when it is used the way GOP uses it to obstruct EVERYTHING, then it becomes unproductive.
The obstructionists in the U.S. Senate have just one thing in mind ... one goal ... bring the nation to its knees, hurt the nation and its people badly ... and then, they surmize, the voters will rise up, ignore their hateful behavior ... and hand the government over to them. It's an attempt at extortion. Thankfully, but regretable that it came to this ... the U.S. Senate acted responsibly yesterday to limit the damage these traitors have been engaged in.
Suck it up Republicans. Time to roll up the sleeves and get something done. Judges nominated by the president will now be seated after 5 long years of republican obstructionism.
Maybe they don't think obstructing nominees is that important, so they are willing to abandon the ability when they become minority party.
Eventually the Democrats will be in the minority. The Democrats thought they would have a lock for decades after the Nixon crap - it didn't last. This Democratic majority won't last for decades either. They aren't going to like this change when that happens.
There are currently double the vacancies on the court than what we had at this time in 2005 when the same fight was going on back then. At this point in his Presidency 91% of Bush's nominees were seated on the court, 76% of Obama's nominee's have been seated so far.
There are currently double the vacancies on the court than what we had at this time in 2005 when the same fight was going on back then. At this point in his Presidency 91% of Bush's nominees were seated on the court, 76% of Obama's nominee's have been seated so far.
So King Obama needs to pick nominees that aren't cookie-cutter extremist liberals like he is. Problem solved.
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