Ditching the Filibuster Won’t Save the Senate

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A very interesting viewpoint of what’s ailing this deliberative body. What is covered here also holds true for the House of Representative a state legislatures across the land. Here is the crux of the entire presentation:

Reasoned deliberation has nearly disappeared in the institution, as decision-making has gradually migrated from committee hearings and action on the floor of the Senate to informal and ad hoc meetings of interested members—meetings typically held under the auspices of the party leadership, out of public view and behind closed doors.

In other words, it’s the leadership that drives the agenda while blocking the input of individual members. Our way or hit the highway.

Another point not covered in this is how committee assignments are handled. In a previous post, I pointed out how members are expected to contribute to political action committees in order to hold positions in select committees. Where the hell does that come from? It undermines the very purpose of the bodies.

See more at: Ditching the Filibuster Won't Save the Senate - Online Library of Law & Liberty
 
Another interesting article on the subject that also indicates the disfunction in the Senate is: The dysfunction also comes from the fact that the Senate no longer performs its deliberative role very well. Reasoned deliberation has nearly disappeared in the institution, as decision-making has gradually migrated from committee hearings and action on the floor of the Senate to informal and ad hoc meetings of interested members—meetings typically held under the auspices of the party leadership, out of public view and behind closed doors.

Or that the leaders of both parties are making the decisions and ignoring what the other members wish in response to input from their states. Tyranny of the leadership is destroying an institution founded to have open and measured debate.

Full story @ James Wallner on the FilibusterMichael Ramsey - The Originalism Blog
 
The Senate's demise was insured by the 17th Amendment. The original purpose of the senate was to represent the various state legislatures at the federal level. Now Senators represent no one but big campaign contributors and their agendas.
 
A very interesting viewpoint of what’s ailing this deliberative body. What is covered here also holds true for the House of Representative a state legislatures across the land. Here is the crux of the entire presentation:

Reasoned deliberation has nearly disappeared in the institution, as decision-making has gradually migrated from committee hearings and action on the floor of the Senate to informal and ad hoc meetings of interested members—meetings typically held under the auspices of the party leadership, out of public view and behind closed doors.

In other words, it’s the leadership that drives the agenda while blocking the input of individual members. Our way or hit the highway.

Another point not covered in this is how committee assignments are handled. In a previous post, I pointed out how members are expected to contribute to political action committees in order to hold positions in select committees. Where the hell does that come from? It undermines the very purpose of the bodies.

See more at: Ditching the Filibuster Won't Save the Senate - Online Library of Law & Liberty
I was the Democrats who tried to kill off the filibuster so that they could ramb the laws that they wanted with the Republicans stopping the vote. The problem is they never thought that they could be voted out of office. Surprise Progressives you did it to your self. Now if the "Other " party will get off their ass we can get the reform into action.
 
A very interesting viewpoint of what’s ailing this deliberative body. What is covered here also holds true for the House of Representative a state legislatures across the land. Here is the crux of the entire presentation:

Reasoned deliberation has nearly disappeared in the institution, as decision-making has gradually migrated from committee hearings and action on the floor of the Senate to informal and ad hoc meetings of interested members—meetings typically held under the auspices of the party leadership, out of public view and behind closed doors.

In other words, it’s the leadership that drives the agenda while blocking the input of individual members. Our way or hit the highway.

Another point not covered in this is how committee assignments are handled. In a previous post, I pointed out how members are expected to contribute to political action committees in order to hold positions in select committees. Where the hell does that come from? It undermines the very purpose of the bodies.

See more at: Ditching the Filibuster Won't Save the Senate - Online Library of Law & Liberty
I was the Democrats who tried to kill off the filibuster so that they could ramb the laws that they wanted with the Republicans stopping the vote. The problem is they never thought that they could be voted out of office. Surprise Progressives you did it to your self. Now if the "Other " party will get off their ass we can get the reform into action.
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