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| Source:Thom Hartmann- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (Republican, Texas) Chairman of the Talk Your Head Off Until You Have To Go To The Bathroom Caucus. No, not really. |
"Thom Hartmann says it's time for Senate Democrats to change the filibuster rule in order to approve President Obama's judicial nominees."
From Thom Hartmann
As a Liberal Democrat (meaning someone who believes in liberal democracy, not so much the Democratic Party) I'm a strong believer in checks and balances, protecting minority rights, etc. But not to the point that it basically puts the opposition party, at least in the Senate, where Republicans are both the opposition and minority party over there, basically in charge of everything.
Under current rules, under Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans get to decide for themselves what gets debated, what comes up for a floor vote, what nominees get voted on, even though Barack Obama was reelected President of the United States last year, Senate Democrats picked up 2 seats and now have a bigger majority in the Senate, than they did last last year, in the last Congress.
There even needs to be a check on minority rights, otherwise the opposition whether it's 45% of the vote, which is what Republicans have now in the Senate, or whatever the number would be in the future, will always be in charged, even though they lost and aren't supposed to be in charge under the U.S. Constitution, if American democracy means anything.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Democrats, need to end the filibuster on all executive nominations, as well as the motion to precede rule. And this is something that Mitch McConnell, or whoever the next Republican Senate Majority Leader is, could use to their advantage in future Congress's, when they have a Republican President and Senate, and even a Republican President and united Republican Congress (House and Senate) to their advantage) because American elections have to have consequences, if they're to mean anything.
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