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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell offers fresh defense of Senate filibuster, warns Democrats could pass 'socialist policies'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-offers-fresh-defense-of-senate-filibuster-warns-democrats-could-pass-socialist-policies-if-they-take-control/2019/08/22/c99b8ea0-c4de-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.htmlSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered a fresh defense of the filibuster on Thursday, writing in an op-ed that Democrats could pass a laundry list of socialist policies if they took control of the chamber and the long-standing tradition was dropped.
Our country doesnt need a second House of Representatives with fewer members and longer terms, McConnell wrote in a piece published by the New York Times in which he touted the strong role of the minority-party rights in his chamber. America needs the Senate to be the Senate.
McConnells op-ed comes as many Democratic presidential candidates and others in the party have called for abandoning the Senate requirement to secure 60 votes to overcome a filibuster to advance most legislation. According to a Washington Post tally, five Democratic White House hopefuls have said they believe the Senate should be able to pass bills with a simple majority, while another 11 contenders have said they are open to the change.
They argue that the lower bar would make it far easier to enact plans such as Medicare-for-all that draw little or no Republican support, assuming Democrats take control of the White House and both chambers of Congress in next years elections. President Trump has also called for eliminating the filibuster, a fact left unmentioned in McConnells op-ed. Trump derided the ridiculous filibuster rule in tweets early in his tenure when Republicans struggled to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)policies? Moscow Mitch loves Russia, Russian Oligarchs and Putin.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Like Donald's socialist policies?
machoneman
(4,010 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)econron
(152 posts)Yo Mitch you are the biggest hypocrite in politics and history will NOT be kind to you. Avoided the rules for the new Russian aluminum plant and there is one idled near New Madrid MO. WTF - wow thats fantastic you say, well your oped just reinforces what a tool you are for the Russians. Retire old man and move back to China with your spying wife...
Poiuyt
(18,130 posts)W_HAMILTON
(7,873 posts)Fuck him -- kill the filibuster.
Celerity
(43,498 posts)I am raging over Moscow Mitch, he is a HUGE block against protecting our nation and is also leading down the country the road to perdition.
PoiBoy
(1,542 posts)I seem to recall legislation being held up in the past by a single Senator, who sometimes remained anonymous...
I don't have a clear recollection of the facts, so I would appreciate any input... thank you..
EleanorR
(2,395 posts)So he could ram thru as many judges as possible.
fuck that bastard traitor