ADMITTED- "Nuclear Option" Stunt that Ended Filibusters to Extend to Legislation: GUN CONTROL and CLIMATE CHANGE Next on Agenda

Directly from their mouths: Next on their agenda is extending the filibuster rule change from presidential appointments to legislation, which would enable the Senate to move on issues including gun control and climate change

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This garbage couldn't be more transparent. The left now feels that they must have some cool kids in the senate, lest Paul and Cruz types get all the attention for making waves. The one thing they're overlooking is that Paul and Cruz are speaking FOR THE PEOPLE on the majority of issues, while these cocksuckers are lauded for, and i fucking quote: "favor bucking tradition and the party's old guard to help President Obama's agenda along."

Black and white, they said they are MAKING RULE CHANGES TO HELP OBAMA'S AGENDA ALONG. So much for checks and balances.


New breed of Senate Democrats drove filibuster change

A wing of relative newcomers, mostly elected after 2006, favor bucking tradition and the party's old guard to help President Obama's agenda along.
[link to www.latimes.com]

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But behind closed doors in a room off the Senate floor, some of the newer Democratic senators couldn't help themselves, gathering for a quick party to congratulate one another. They were the ones largely responsible for pushing the veteran Nevada lawmaker to pull the trigger on ending filibusters against most presidential nominations.

The partisan revelers were part of a new breed of Democrats emerging in the Senate. Mostly elected after 2006, these relative newcomers have only known a Democratic-controlled Senate and have little experience with successful bipartisan cooperation, due largely to the tea party's grip on the Republican Party.

Now they are hoping to become a new power center in the party, nudging the old guard to adopt more aggressive tactics in pursuit of legislative goals and largely brushing aside Republican threats of retaliation and obstruction. They see the rules and traditions of the Senate as having stifled the will of the majority and stalled President Obama's agenda.

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This newer class of Democrats came to Washington, not unlike the tea party Republicans, with a strong commitment to their ideals and policy goals. But while the tea party rule in the House has been characterized by attempts to stifle the president's agenda, Democrats see their goal as helping to implement it.

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The time has come for Democrats to take a harder stance against the tea party Republicans, he said.

"These folks have come to Washington to destroy government from within and will use any tool at their disposal," Murphy said. "To the extent that we have the ability to take tools away from the tea party, we should do it. And one of the tools was the filibuster. Another was the belief that Democrats would cave in the face of another shutdown or debt default."

For Murphy, the failure of the Senate gun control bill earlier this year was the final straw. He took on the issue of gun violence after the Newtown school shooting in his state in 2012. A bipartisan bill crafted by Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.) had 55 votes but failed to advance.

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Next on their agenda is extending the filibuster rule change from presidential appointments to legislation, which would enable the Senate to move on issues including gun control and climate change

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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), elected in 2006, circulated a letter among his colleagues urging the president to appoint Janet Yellen — not Lawrence H. Summers — as Federal Reserve chair because Summers' banking policies were viewed as having contributed to the financial meltdown. About a third of the party, including Merkley and Warren, signed it. Yellen is now on track to take the post after advancing this weekfrom the Senate Banking Committee, with Brown and Warren's support.

And Senate confirmation is virtually assured, thanks to the new rule change against filibusters.

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"There are many of us that really wanted to keep things the way they were, because that's the way they were," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). "One thing I know: that you learn from history. And right now we can't let the present be the future. So you've got to make the change, or this becomes a body that doesn't mutate."

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[link to www.latimes.com]

Last Edited by Ag47 on 11/23/2013 11:41 PM