Largest GOP Majority in Decades

[hortysir]

Wrong again there skippy, the bill will be brought up again next week and will pass, and according to your link with a higher degree of dem support. No dem votes are needed to pass anything in the house. In fact a couple of the deregulation items were included in the omnibus bill and your dear leader signed them into law.

How were the Democrats able to defeat this Bill?

Simple question.

Very simple, the rules it was considered under. From your link:

"Pelosi is obviously a powerful person in the caucus, and when Republicans bring the same Volcker Rule bill up again next week under rules that will guarantee its passage, she'll have less leverage, and some of the financial reform converts may revert to backing big banks."

Any questions?

So the Republicans are going to game the system by using different rules to fuck over the Democrats?

You mean like Harry used to do by suspending the rules and calling for just a simple majority?
Ok

Did either of you ever have any criticism for the way Harry Reid ran the Senate?

Besides pointing out the dozens of times he wouldn't even bring a House bill to a vote?? Never!!!

 

[Stephanie]

Yep, just like the commiecrats did when they were in charge, what goes around comes around. Ain't life a bitch for you?

Yeah but, they don't like it when the shoe is on the other foot. They all cheered When Democrats changed rule in mid stream... their talking point was: they HAD TO because the Republicans wouldn't just bend over for Obama and was telling him. shove it

Now in just one month they are cheering the Democrats being Obstructionist. Didn't REPUBLICANS win? Now Democrats better get in the back of the bus.

The house runs under much different rules than the senate, what they are doing is standard house procedures.

Which 'standard House procedure'? The one which allows Dems to block a bill or the ones which let Republicans steamroll over Democracy?

You mean the Democracy where the majority rules, you lost, get over it.

Majority didn't rule when McConnell was filibustering everything.

You reap what you sow.

Weren't you posting the other day how the Democrats BLOCKED a bill from Repulicans. Now who is in the MAJORITY right now in Congress? we'll wait on you

 

[OKTexas]

Yep, just like the commiecrats did when they were in charge, what goes around comes around. Ain't life a bitch for you?

Yeah but, they don't like it when the shoe is on the other foot. They all cheered When Democrats changed rule in mid stream... their talking point was: they HAD TO because the Republicans wouldn't just bend over for Obama and was telling him. shove it

Now in just one month they are cheering the Democrats being Obstructionist. Didn't REPUBLICANS win? Now Democrats better get in the back of the bus.

The house runs under much different rules than the senate, what they are doing is standard house procedures.

Which 'standard House procedure'? The one which allows Dems to block a bill or the ones which let Republicans steamroll over Democracy?

You mean the Democracy where the majority rules, you lost, get over it.

Majority didn't rule when McConnell was filibustering everything.

You reap what you sow.

He was operating within the senate rules, that's a hell of a lot more than prince harry did. I just can't wait to hear you cry when they use prince harrys rule to block dem filibusters.

 

[HenryBHough]

Reid churned out some novel rules.

Let's hope he enjoys having them applied to him as he enjoyed applying them to others.

If/when he recuperates.

 

[Synthaholic]

How were the Democrats able to defeat this Bill?

Simple question.

Very simple, the rules it was considered under. From your link:

"Pelosi is obviously a powerful person in the caucus, and when Republicans bring the same Volcker Rule bill up again next week under rules that will guarantee its passage, she'll have less leverage, and some of the financial reform converts may revert to backing big banks."

Any questions?

So the Republicans are going to game the system by using different rules to fuck over the Democrats?

You mean like Harry used to do by suspending the rules and calling for just a simple majority?
Ok

Did either of you ever have any criticism for the way Harry Reid ran the Senate?

Besides pointing out the dozens of times he wouldn't even bring a House bill to a vote?? Never!!!

Ok, then just be consistent. Don't say it's OK for McConnell to do what you bitched about Reid doing.

 

[Synthaholic]

Yeah but, they don't like it when the shoe is on the other foot. They all cheered When Democrats changed rule in mid stream... their talking point was: they HAD TO because the Republicans wouldn't just bend over for Obama and was telling him. shove it

Now in just one month they are cheering the Democrats being Obstructionist. Didn't REPUBLICANS win? Now Democrats better get in the back of the bus.

The house runs under much different rules than the senate, what they are doing is standard house procedures.

Which 'standard House procedure'? The one which allows Dems to block a bill or the ones which let Republicans steamroll over Democracy?

You mean the Democracy where the majority rules, you lost, get over it.

Majority didn't rule when McConnell was filibustering everything.

You reap what you sow.

He was operating within the senate rules, that's a hell of a lot more than prince harry did. I just can't wait to hear you cry when they use prince harrys rule to block dem filibusters.

That was only for judicial nominees. Democrats aren't going to try to block any of Obama's judicial nominees.

It sure would be nice if I could debate people who actually know what the fuck they're talking about.

 

[hortysir]

Very simple, the rules it was considered under. From your link:

"Pelosi is obviously a powerful person in the caucus, and when Republicans bring the same Volcker Rule bill up again next week under rules that will guarantee its passage, she'll have less leverage, and some of the financial reform converts may revert to backing big banks."

Any questions?

So the Republicans are going to game the system by using different rules to fuck over the Democrats?

You mean like Harry used to do by suspending the rules and calling for just a simple majority?
Ok

Did either of you ever have any criticism for the way Harry Reid ran the Senate?

Besides pointing out the dozens of times he wouldn't even bring a House bill to a vote?? Never!!!

Ok, then just be consistent. Don't say it's OK for McConnell to do what you bitched about Reid doing.

Reid set the precedent

 

[Synthaholic]

So the Republicans are going to game the system by using different rules to fuck over the Democrats?

You mean like Harry used to do by suspending the rules and calling for just a simple majority?
Ok

Did either of you ever have any criticism for the way Harry Reid ran the Senate?

Besides pointing out the dozens of times he wouldn't even bring a House bill to a vote?? Never!!!

Ok, then just be consistent. Don't say it's OK for McConnell to do what you bitched about Reid doing.

Reid set the precedent

And as far as I'm concerned, McConnell has a right to do everything to the Democrats that Reid did to the Republicans. I have no issue with that.

But the Right has no cause to bitch if Reid starts filibustering everything McConnell brings to the floor.

 

[hortysir]

You mean like Harry used to do by suspending the rules and calling for just a simple majority?
Ok

Did either of you ever have any criticism for the way Harry Reid ran the Senate?

Besides pointing out the dozens of times he wouldn't even bring a House bill to a vote?? Never!!!

Ok, then just be consistent. Don't say it's OK for McConnell to do what you bitched about Reid doing.

Reid set the precedent

And as far as I'm concerned, McConnell has a right to do everything to the Democrats that Reid did to the Republicans. I have no issue with that.

But the Right has no cause to bitch if Reid starts filibustering everything McConnell brings to the floor.

Honestly I'll bitch about both not following proper parliamentary procedure

 

[OKTexas]

The house runs under much different rules than the senate, what they are doing is standard house procedures.

Which 'standard House procedure'? The one which allows Dems to block a bill or the ones which let Republicans steamroll over Democracy?

You mean the Democracy where the majority rules, you lost, get over it.

Majority didn't rule when McConnell was filibustering everything.

You reap what you sow.

He was operating within the senate rules, that's a hell of a lot more than prince harry did. I just can't wait to hear you cry when they use prince harrys rule to block dem filibusters.

That was only for judicial nominees. Democrats aren't going to try to block any of Obama's judicial nominees.

It sure would be nice if I could debate people who actually know what the fuck they're talking about.

You're right, it would be nice to debate people who actually know what the fuck they're talking about. The rule change is no limited to just judicial nominees.

"Democrats used a rare parliamentary move to change the rules so that federal judicial nominees and executive-office appointments can advance to confirmation votes by a simple majority of senators, rather than the 60-vote supermajority that has been the standard for nearly four decades."

Reid Democrats trigger nuclear option eliminate most filibusters on nominees - The Washington Post

 

[Synthaholic]

As I said. Reid didn't stop filibusters on bills of any type.