Remind me: what happened to the Filibuster? Cloture? Senate Holds on Nominees?

[maxsolomon]

You remember, McCain's vaunted "Regular Order", the time-honored Senate traditions that the GOP used to prevent Obama from getting shit done and filling Judicial appointments?

I did see that Grassley is planning to do away with "Blue Slips" that allow Senators to reject nominees from their home states. Which is burning another tradition to the ground in the interests of exercising their power today.

Is every order of business in the Senate being done through reconciliation?

[PoliticAverse]

1. Harry Reid eliminated the filibuster for appointments in response to the Republicans' actions. n/t

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[maxsolomon]

4. I don't remember that at all.

2013 seems like a lifetime ago. I guess it's been so long since Dems had the Senate.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I think Ted Cruz was the main offender and started it.

[PoliticAverse]

8. November 2013: Reid, Democrats trigger nuclear option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-poised-to-limit-filibusters-in-party-line-vote-that-would-alter-centuries-of-precedent/2013/11/21/d065cfe8-52b6-11e3-9fe0-fd2ca728e67c_story.html?utm_term=.9272154f3ff0

[Igel]

5. And a few things were passed under reconciliation.

Not "regular orders."

McCain's jibe was two-pronged. And boiled down to, "We should be better than they are."

[saidsimplesimon]

2. max

I join you in concern that some elected Democrats are behaving like cowards or corporate shills.

[underpants]

3. They aren't just moving the goalposts

They've switched sports

[kimbutgar]

6. For me when they changed the filibuster for Supreme Court to simple majaority

Was major bs. If the democrats ever get back in power they should rush though all progressive agenda and say screw you mcconnell. That said I wish nothing but bad karma on Mcconnell for not giving Merrick Garland his vote last year.

[doc03]

9. I was under the impression the ACA repeal and replace was the last chance the Republicans

had to pass anything with a simple majority, now they are doing it again with their tax scam. WTF

[maxsolomon]

10. THIS is what i'm talking about.

[doc03]

11. Apparently that only applied to the ACA but they are still going to get rid of the

insurance mandate in the their tax scam.