Record Breaking: Senate Conservatives Use Filibuster for 62nd Time in This Session of Congress (Brown, elect)

[sickofnyc]

Eric Lotke, Campaign for America's Future research director and lead author of the new report, calls the obstruction a "deliberate strategy." He observes that the congressional Republicans block legislation, then blame the Democrats for getting nothing done. "It's like mugging the postman and then complaining that the mail isn't delivered on time."

The story of this historic level of obstruction has recently been covered by The New York Times, but has yet to be fully told in the media. The new Campaign for America's Future report shows how major media outlets describe the 60-vote threshold as an ordinary procedure, neglecting that this tactic is an unprecedented assertion of minority control.
Record Breaking: Senate Conservatives Use Filibuster for 62nd Time in This Session... -- re> WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

** NOTE: To obtain an electronic copy of the Campaign for America's Future's report "Block and Blame: The Conservative Strategy of Obstruction in the 110th Congress," please visit
http://home.ourfuture.org/assets/block-and-blame.pdf (broken link)


How the Filibuster Became the Rule
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/we...horn.html?_r=1

[jcarlilesiu]

Has Brown even been confirmed yet? Geesh, this is already starting.

By the way, it is currently the 111th congress, not the 110th as your article mentions.

[Jadex]

Democrats arent getting anything done because there isnt enough democrats supporting it. Since they dont need a single republican vote

[Art123]

Originally Posted by Jadex

Democrats arent getting anything done because there isnt enough democrats supporting it. Since they dont need a single republican vote

There are 57 Democrats in the Senate. That means they need three non-Democrat votes.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by jcarlilesiu

By the way, it is currently the 111th congress, not the 110th as your article mentions.

That's because the article in question is from Dec. 2008 apparently, the OP might have realized that if they read past the headlines.