Posted on 04 January 2011. Tags: Arses, Biennium, Bipartisanship, Continuous Body, Cooler Heads, Darth Vader, Deliberative Body, Dirty Harry, Election Year, Even Keel, Filibuster, Filibuster Rules, Founding Fathers, Harry Reid, Moderate Liberal, Olympia Snowe, Pocketbooks, Progressives, Radical Agenda, Republican Minority, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sarah Palin, Squishy, Supreme Court Justice, Susan Collins, Unintended Consequences, Us Constitution, Us Senate, Wing Republicans, Witches Of Eastwick
How cool would that be? Would Liberals brain’s explode, or what? First and foremost, you must understand what is behind the proposed change in the Filibuster rules Dirty Harry Reid is about to introduce (or a Reid surrogate). It is all about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or Darth Vader Ginsburg as she is known in the [...]
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Posted on 02 December 2010. Tags: Agenda Features, Colleages, Constitutional Provision, Filibuster Rules, Gay Rights Groups, Lame Duck Session, Liberal Activists, Majority Party, Merkley, Modest Proposal, Plum Line, Political Votes, Precious Days, Safety Bill, Senate Caucus, Senate Democrats, Session Ends, Tax Provisions, Voting Blocs, Washington Post
As Tax Hikes Loom, Dems Discuss Filibuster Rules, FDA Reorganization, Immigration, And Judges AP: “Democrats, On Borrowed Time As The Majority Party In Congress After A Shellacking At The Polls, Are Using Their Last Weeks In Power To Stroke Important Voting Blocs: Hispanics, Gay-Rights Groups And Liberal Activists.” (“Lame-Duck Agenda Features Political Votes,” AP, 12/1/10) [...]
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