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Defying G.O.P. on Nominees, Reid Moves to Limit Filibuster
And it's about time! WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Thursday moved toward a vote to drastically limit Republican efforts to block President Obama’s nominees, a change that would mark the most fundamental shift in the way the Senate functions in more than a generation.
Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, set in motion a series of procedural steps that, if followed through, would eliminate the use of the filibuster against nominees to cabinet posts and the federal judiciary.
“The need for change is so, so very obvious. It is clearly visible,” Mr. Reid said as the Senate convened. “It is time to get the Senate working.”
Tensions between the two parties have reached a boiling point in the last few weeks as Republicans repeatedly filibustered Mr. Obama’s picks to the country’s most important appeals court, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate has voted on three nominees to the court in the last month. Republicans have blocked them all, saying they would allow the president no more appointments to that court.
Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, set in motion a series of procedural steps that, if followed through, would eliminate the use of the filibuster against nominees to cabinet posts and the federal judiciary.
“The need for change is so, so very obvious. It is clearly visible,” Mr. Reid said as the Senate convened. “It is time to get the Senate working.”
Tensions between the two parties have reached a boiling point in the last few weeks as Republicans repeatedly filibustered Mr. Obama’s picks to the country’s most important appeals court, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate has voted on three nominees to the court in the last month. Republicans have blocked them all, saying they would allow the president no more appointments to that court.
[link:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/us/politics/reid-sets-in-motion-steps-to-limit-use-of-filibuster.html?hp&_r=0|
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