Sherrod Brown to GOP: We will bring the PAIN if you filibuster!

[Clio the Leo]

(Ok, I'll admit it, I'm ONLY posting this OP for the sheer joy of being able to use that title! lol)

Dems plan 'pain' for GOP if they drag out health debate

By Michael O'Brien - 03/04/10 07:15 AM ET
Democrats plan "pain" for Republicans who seek to slow or block passage of healthcare legislation, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Wednesday night.

Brown said that if Republicans try to offer amendments and use parliamentary maneuvers to grind out the legislative process, Democrats would retaliate with all-night sessions and other methods of fighting back.

"I think they're going to try to do amendments, as many as they can get away with," Brown said Wednesday evening during an appearance on MSNBC. "I think we keep them here all night -- tonight, the next night, the next night, the next night."

"If they're going to try to filibuster in the traditional sense or the more modern sense that they do, they're going to have pain, too," Brown added.

Democrats are hoping to move forward soon with healthcare legislation, though Republicans like Sen. John Thune (S.D.) have said the GOP is drawing up a number of plays to try to slow down or halt passage of the healthcare bill.

The Senate is expected to take up a series of fixes to its original healthcare bill under the budget reconciliation rules, which sidesteps the 60-vote threshold needed to end a filibuster and allows the majority to pass an item with a simple majority.

By proceeding with those rules, Republicans' ability to slow down orblog the legislation would be limited.

Still, Brown said that Democrats planned their own hardball tactics if the GOP were to try to force a prolonged debate on the final stages of health reform.

"They're going to have to stay, too," he said. "We're going to have to have quorum calls, and we're going to do whatever we need to do to get this passed within Senate rules and within fair play."

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/84893-dems-plan-pain-for-gop-if-they-drag-out-health-debate

[hobbit709]

1. +1

[peace13]

2. Sherrod Brown, a true American!

And from Ohio none the less. Thank you sir for your service to this nation.

[Clio the Leo]

4. Well, I just hope he threatens some "pain" to members of his state delegation....

... a quarter of the Stupak 12 are from OH...



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x205881#206368

[n2doc]

3. Talk is cheap

I want a demonstration.

[lamp_shade]

5. TO THE PAIN !!!

[Clio the Leo]

7. lol...

It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery...... forever.

[lamp_shade]

12. ..

[stevenleser]

13. As...you...wish!

Love my Princess Bride

[drm604]

6. The legislative process shouldn't be a board game.

The future of this country and it's citizens shouldn't be decided by who's best at playing parliamentary games.

I'm not saying that as a criticism of Brown and the Democrats. In this case, at least, it's the Republicans who have been acting in bad faith and abusing the system. The Democrats are just trying to do what they can to work within a broken system that is being gamed mercilessly by their opponents.

Maybe if that gaming starts having some costs and some real physical inconvenience then the system will start working better.

[Deep13]

8. Since his election to the Senate, Brown has been all we could hope for.

His efforts on this matter have been tireless.

[Froward69]

9. Thumbscrews

If Water boarding is not torture... then thumbscrews would be acceptable as a method of persuasion... applied of course only to republicans opposed to a simple majority vote.

all night long... night after night... then lets hear em complain.

[Berry Cool]

10. Love my Senator Brown!

Soon to be nicknamed "The GOOD Senator Brown."

[Soylent Brice]

16. +1

[Deep13]

18. +1

[1776Forever]

20. +1000

[Hutzpa]

25. I think he should get the Ted Kennedy title. n/t

[cmd]

26. Proud to have him as my Senator

I am so glad he went after that seat.

[CitizenLeft]

27. ah, you beat me to it!

Love my senator!

[kentuck]

11. You shouldn't give them advnce warning...

you should just do it. That would shock them more.

[GoCubsGo]

15. Unfortunately, they have to

This isn't to warn the republicans. It's to notify the ignorant public, who have no clue as to how their government works. The Dems have to counteract the lies and talking points every way they can. Had they been doing more of this all along, HCR would have passed months ago, and the public would be approving of it wholeheartedly.

[Bitwit1234]

14. Wouldn't it be nice if the republicans all came down with a

red flu that didn't hurt them too much but kept them in bed for two weeks..gee whiz and double bet we would get something done them.

[Orsino]

17. "Dems plan 'pain' for GOP if they drag out health debate"?

Threats like this are why the Republicans haven't dared try to drag it out. :eyes:

[Arkana]

19. Republicans don't do real filibusters, Sen. Brown.

Call them even ONCE on their bluff and they will back down.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. .

[slutticus]

22. In other news, sales of methamphetamines have skyrocketed in the metro DC area

"I think we keep them here all night -- tonight, the next night, the next night, the next night."

[ericgtr]

23. The only difference between Pain and Palin is an L.. just an observation nt

[Hutzpa]

24. He is The Real Deal

go Sherrod... go Sherrod... go Sherrod....

:bounce: