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While Fringe Base Busy With Mandate Ben Ghazzi - McConnell cuts deal with Reed
This is politics as it should be practiced...for the good of the nation and the eff with the fringe base(s)
While Dante agrees the filibuster has been abused by the GOP, reform proposals are almost always throwing teh baby out with the bath water...but I love the idea that McConnell saw room to make deals behind the fringe base's back while they are busy with imbecilities on Libya
This is politics as it should be practiced...for the good of the nation and the eff with the fringe base(s)
While Dante agrees the filibuster has been abused by the GOP, reform proposals are almost always throwing teh baby out with the bath water...but I love the idea that McConnell saw room to make deals behind the fringe base's back while they are busy with imbecilities on Libya
The fight to rewrite the filibuster, that pesky blocking maneuver used by senators to quietly kill a bill before it even arrives on the Senate floor, appears to be over. As the Huffington Post reports, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have cut a compromise deal that will make it easier for the Senate to begin debating new legislation, while also speeding up the process of voting to confirm the president's judicial nominations. But the deal does not include the major reform liberals wanted: the so-called "talking filibuster," which would force senators to remain speaking on the Senate floor for as long as they wanted to filibuster.
Real Filibuster Reform Appears to Be Dead in the Senate | Mother Jones