Sentences with phrase «of filibustering by»
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.
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A similar series of bills were voted down recently in the Senate, a vote that was only called after a long filibuster by Senator Chris Murphy.
Through the budget reconciliation process — which would avoid a drawn - out fight and filibuster by Democrats — Republicans can adjust only parts of the law that have to do with the federal government's finances.
Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.
The Moderates get turned off by the Party Platform and decide to return to their parent's Democratic Party roots in enough districts to return control of Congress to the Democrats, and eliminate the threat of Republican Filibuster in the Senate.
to complete the answer to the question, I would add: So, no the filibuster can not be stopped by silencing the minority unless every member of the minority spoke in a way to violate Senate Rule XIX
Obstructionism is the practice of deliberately delaying or preventing a process of change and here I am linking it to politics.Generally obstruction here denotes the deliberate interference with the progress of policies by various diabolic means such as filibustering or slow walking in our parliament, and wickedly packaged lies meant to undermine activities of Government.
Reconciliation is a specific process of passing a budget bill and, as a result can not be filibustered by the Senate.
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.
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...
U.S. Senate Republicans deployed the so - called «nuclear option» and changed longstanding rules to clear the way for the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, bypassing a precedent - breaking Democratic filibuster by allowing the nomination to go forward on a simple majority vote.
The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure.
The Senator could have increased his level of engagement, by utilizing his 8 + hour filibuster to read tweets and opinions in opposition to millionaire tax cuts off his Blackberry or iPad while at the podium.
«We've seen the commitment of Democratic members of Congress highlighted by Senator Chris Murphy's filibuster and the sit - ins led by Representative John Lewis and many of our New York members of our New York congressional delegation.»
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.
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.
[8][9][10] The metaphor of a nuclear strike refers to the majority party unilaterally imposing a change to the filibuster rule, which might provoke retaliation by the minority party.
But he pointed hopefully to the power of the 48 - member Senate Democratic Caucus headed by Sen. Charles Schumer, who have enough votes under the current rules to filibuster most Republican legislation.
The filibustering by Labour peers of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill is having two unintended side - effects of importance to the future of political reform.
The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a bill by extending the debate on the measure, but other dilatory tactics exist.
(CNN)- Goodwin Liu, a California law professor nominated by President Barack Obama for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, asked Thursday for his name to be withdrawn after Senate Republicans had invoked a rarely used filibuster to block a final floor vote.
She was twice nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, only to see her first nomination filibustered and her second sunk by charges of judicial activism by Senate Republicans over gun industry litigation during her time as solicitor general.
Composed of 58 Democrats and two Independents who caucus with the Democrats, the Senate Democratic Caucus potentially has the 60 votes necessary to break a Republican filibuster of the health care reform bill crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Washington (CNN)- Barely a month in office, Sen. Scott Brown, R - Massachusetts, is putting some muscle behind his independent image by twice voting against his own party and questioning the use of the filibuster.
Passing a straight overhaul of the act without reconciliation remains unlikely, because the action could get mired by a Senate filibuster.
The Congressional Review Act circumvents all that by allowing a simple majority vote (it can't be filibustered) in both houses of Congress and the signature of the President to strike down recently implemented regulations.
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.
The original school finance bill passed with the bare minimum number of votes amid a filibuster by conservative Republicans there.
Although being overwhelmed city by pirates, destroyed during civil wars and set on fire by the American filibuster William Walker in 1856, it remains one of Nicaragua's most beautiful cities.
President Obama has had to resort to executive steps on climate change, like writing new carbon dioxide regulations, because the path to even modest legislative solutions (as on so many other issues) is blocked by the inevitability of filibusters under the the 60 - vote supermajority in the Senate.
Unable to enact cap - and - trade legislation, even when he was supported by filibuster - proof majorities in Congress, President Barack Obama famously claimed, «Cap and trade was just one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way.»
(Ending a filibuster requires a cloture vote by a supermajority of 60 senators.)
As far as historical revisionism, google «Eisenhower civil rights acts,» then search «filibuster 1964 civil rights act,» then search «voting percentages in favor of 1964 civil rights acts by party.»
The Senate voted down the bill by a narrow vote of 59 to 41, needing one more vote to break a filibuster and send the legislation to the President's desk.
March 7, 2013 Murder — by - Drone of Americans Subverts Constitutional and Human Rights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (406) 442-7800; [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-...]
Democrats, who could have filibustered the bill, declined to do so — a decision that had much to do with the proximity of the midterm elections, in the run - up to which, they feared, the President and his Republican allies might gain advantage by accusing them of «coddling terrorists.»
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.