Sentences with phrase «filibusters from»

It's also worth noting that they have changed filibusters from requiring a Senator to give a speech to a simple vote to close debate.

To use special Senate procedures to get around a filibuster from Democrats, Republicans must write a bill that does not add more than $ 1.5 trillion to the debt over 10 years.

With Tuesday's victories under their belt, it's conceivable that Republicans could secure enough support from moderate Democrats and independents to override a filibuster from the Democratic minority, according to Nathan Richardson, an assistant professor at the South Carolina School of Law.

Not exact matches

The tweets were interspersed with one mentioning other stories the organization was covering as well as updates from the filibuster that lasted into the early morning.

But no one, including Paul, anticipated the magnitude of support his filibuster would get, both from his Senate colleagues and from Republican activists on Twitter and Facebook.

Remember from the beginning of the Obama administration the very public mantra was «our number one priority is to make Obama a one term president» and the Greedy Obstructionist Politicians made good on their promise with record numbers of filibusters and anonymous objections with the sole purpose of making government as non-functional as possible.

A filibuster in the United States Senate is a dilatory or obstructive tactic used in the United States Senate to prevent a measure from being brought to a vote.

In the U.S. Senate, the filibuster allows a single senator to effectively block a vote by way of the senate rules that allow for unlimited debate, but now, the senate rules have somehow been modified so that to invoke filibuster you don't even need to actually have «debate» where you do silly things like read names from the telephone book to keep the debate going.

«Rand Paul's late - night budget deal filibuster bid picked up an unexpected boost from fellow Republican Sen. Mike Lee of...

Unfortunately, it seems the most recent edition is from 1992, and therefore it would not contain, for example, the new filibuster rules.

The Senate agreed and eliminated this option from their rules, which now made unbreakable filibusters possible; they didn't actually happen for a few decades.

The most obvious mechanism, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will set out for the President - elect, will be a Reconciliation Bill by which, because such bills are exempt from filibuster provisions in the Senate, spending and revenue - raising decisions can be driven through not just the House but also the Senate on majority votes.

keeping hurricane relief separate from the debt ceiling, and combining the raising of the debt ceiling with spending cuts (potentially eliminating the Democrat ability to filibuster since they could not block raising the debt ceiling),

Given the many constraints the US Constitution places on the acts that simple majorities can take — like the extraordinary representation of small states in the Senate, and the power of the filibuster to thwart majorities — it strains credulity to argue that certain geographically concentrated interests require added protection from the majority of Americans.

Given this, and that the filibuster comes from...

The government majority in Parliament shied away from breaking the filibuster by applying the «nuclear option» permitted by law, which also would have been unprecedented.

Trump was referring to the so - called nuclear option, whereby the Senate leader would change the chamber's rules to prevent Democrats from filibustering the nominee.

Paterson predicted that New York will receive some $ 730 million worth of aid from the Medicaid / education bill the US Senate is expected to vote on this week after breaking a long - standing GOP filibuster with the help of two moderate Maine Republicans.

The problem is when Tea Party Republicans filibuster to prevent the majority of Senators from voting.

Senate Democrats including Sen. Charles E. Schumer were exultant last week after a 15 - hour filibuster yielded the seemingly impossible: A commitment to hold votes to expand gun - purchaser background checks and keep potential terrorists from buying guns.

«Specter's decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next Senator from Minnesota.»

Republicans must keep their plan's shortfall from spilling over that $ 1.5 trillion line or the measure will lose its protection against Democratic Senate filibusters, bill - killing delays that take 60 votes to overcome.

If this is so, then I think Texas can save our Bill of Rights from a filibuster - proof Democratic Senate majority simply by dividing into 5 separate states, and going from having 2 federal senators to 10.

But private member's bills are vulnerable to a form of filibustering by MPs opposed to them - creating the possibility that a small number of opponents could prevent Moore's bill from becoming law.

Is there any rule preventing senators from simply walking out of a filibuster (or taking out a sleeping bag)?

Those are the practical impacts from the nuclear option Senate Democrats approved to end filibusters of most presidential nominations and appointments.

Two years from now, Dems will have a chance to negate the Chambliss win, either by unseating Chambliss's equally noisome colleague Johnny Isakson — an unlikely event considering the reactionary bent of Georgia voters — or picking up a couple more seats elsewhere for their filibuster - proof majority.

Rather than allow the setting up of this talking shop on the nod, the Tories opted to oppose the motion and a debate (some might say filibuster) ensued for a whole hour, which saw contributions from Tory MPs from across the nation and regular interventions from the Speaker to keep them to the strict terms of the debate.

and Tom Udall (D - N.M.) proposed «a sweeping filibuster reform package» to be implemented via the constitutional option but Majority Leader Harry Reid dissuaded them from pushing it forward.

Most amusingly of all, Dennis Skinner felt that the most noteworthy piece of parliamentary oratory of the last one hundred years came from the member for Bolsover - one Dennis Skinner - in a filibuster against opponents of stem cell research.

A Brown victory would instantly deny Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid the 60 - vote super-majority he needs in order to prevent the Republican Senators from filibustering key votes on healthcare reform and the President's judicial nominees.

The budding Republican divisions come as the GOP - led Senate pushed toward a final vote this week on a budget that would shield a future bill repealing Obama's law from a Democratic filibuster.

Although Democrats can no longer defeat nominees through the filibuster, they are still pulling all the procedural levers they can to extract key concessions from the administration.

Thus, from 1789 until 1917, there was no way for the Senate to terminate extended debates (called «filibusters» if employed for dilatory purposes) except by unanimous consent, compromise, or exhaustion.

Mitch McConnell was recently asked to comment on Kentuckians benefitting from the law, and he filibustered.

By saying Gorsuch's nomination will have a cloture vote, Schumer indicated that Democrats will try to block Gorsuch's nomination through a filibuster — which they can do unless Gorsuch can earn 60 votes from the 100 - member Senate.

The sit - in, led by veteran civil rights campaigner and Georgia congressman John Lewis, was staged to demand a vote on gun control measures, after a 15 - hour filibuster in the Senate on 16 June led to a floor vote on four measures, including one which aimed to prevent those on a terrorist no - fly list from purchasing firearms.

The Kentucky Republican said a filibuster - which he used earlier this year to demand more information from the Obama administration on the use of drones - could only delay a vote, but wouldn't «put off a vote forever.»

But a 60 - vote majority will be needed to overcome a filibuster threat from deficit - hawk Republicans.

Until now the twin shields of Pres. Barack Obama's veto power and the threat of filibuster — a Senate procedural tool that allows senators to slow or stall legislation — have helped prevent Republicans from repealing Obamacare.

Although Republican senators threatened a filibuster to keep the Senate from discussing the school building security measure — part of proposed legislation that deals largely with the higher - profile issue of gun control — compromises reached behind the scenes nudged the legislation onto the chamber's floor by the end of the week.

Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, last captured the nation's attention with his passionate sort - of - filibuster that took on the rising income inequality gulf in America, and skewered a political culture that increasingly favors the

Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, last captured the nation's attention with his passionate sort - of - filibuster that took on the rising income inequality gulf in America, and skewered a political culture that increasingly favors the wealthy and corporate interests.

Another Ku Klux Klan member, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, personally filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for 14 straight hours to keep it from passage.

Most EPA rules have a layer of insulation from Congressional meddling as long as Senate Democrats retain the ability to filibuster legislation that would repeal bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Air Act.

Unfortunately, capitulation from Senate Democratic leadership and refusal to use the filibuster on other important issues is a bad sign for the EPA.

Long and interesting post from Todd Zywicki today on the possible fallout to some of the architects of the filibuster deal.

March 7, 2013 Murder — by - Drone of Americans Subverts Constitutional and Human Rights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: [phone]; [email protected] Helena, MT — Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wrapped up a nearly 13 - hour long filibuster very early this morning, in which he demanded answers from the Obama administration regarding its position on extrajudicial use of drones to kill American citizens -LSB-...]

The Senate passed a $ 1.1 billion deal in June, but the House's approval of its own $ 1.1 billion in funding was filibustered by Democrats, who argued that they were left out of negotiations on the bill and that the measure would take funds away from other health programs and bar any availability of funds for birth control.