Sentences with phrase «of filibusters»

As someone who can watch these developments unfold at something of a comfortable distance, what are your views on the judicial confirmation battles underway in the U.S. Senate, the use of filibusters, and the use of recess appointments to place filibustered nominees onto the federal appellate courts?

An informal Senate agreement on the rules of filibusters has the potential to accelerate confirmations of federal district court judges.

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.

Some of the filibusters last longer than 8 hours.

You are not thinking that Republicans would abandon all of their talk about the injustice of filibusters and use one themselves would you?

After a series of filibusters in the 1960s over civil rights legislation, the Senate put a «two - track system» into place in the early 1970s under the leadership of Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Majority Whip Robert Byrd.

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.

Many in Washington now assume that as soon as Republicans get control of the Senate they will get rid of the filibuster on legislation, possibly easing the way to repeal of Obamacare and maybe even the Dodd - Frank financial reform law.

McConnell has batted down Trump's calls to get rid of the filibuster and is known as a stickler for Senate rules.

He is also a renowned practitioner of the filibuster.

Are you asking about the history of the Filibuster, or are you asking us to explain the comparison to Kieth Richards?

In short, he was able to push through the confirmation of a number of federal judges with a simple majority without threat of filibuster.

The concept of the filibuster emerged in the Senate in the 1850s.

On November 21, 2013, the Senate used the so - called «nuclear option», voting 52 - 48 — with all Republicans and three Democrats voting against — to eliminate the use of the filibuster on executive branch nominees and judicial nominees, except to the Supreme Court.

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 answer is that since November 2013 a simple majority has sufficed because of the Senate's decision to end the use of the filibuster in respect of all nominees to Federal judicial and executive branch positions other than to the Supreme Court itself.

It opens up the possibility of filibustering MPs doing their utmost to delay the bill.

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.

And Harry Reid set the precedent to get rid of the filibuster.

The fruit of these efforts is not the hoped - for Republican governing majority, but the real prospect of a filibuster - proof Democrat majority in 2009.

Gillibrand also reiterated Schumer's warning against using the so - called «nuclear option» to ram Gorsuch's confirmation through — that is, changing Senate rules to block use of the filibuster.

This kind of filibuster effectively causes the Senate to require 60 votes (instead of 51) to pass many kinds of laws, or...

First night of amendments sees the Tory line hold firm, amid accusations of filibustering and cowardice

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.

The purpose of the filibuster is not to force everyone to listen to you read the phone book - it's to delay the matter before the Senate.

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

I think too much is being made of the filibuster - proof majority.

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.

As the Republicans continue to destroy the viability of Congress, Ds are realizing they are going to need to take drastic action, like getting rid of the filibuster:

If the GOP / Teatrolls want to agree to rules that define when filibusters for nominees will be allowed, instead of just removal of the filibuster for nominees altogether, I'm pretty sure Reid would negotiate.

The GOP / Teatrolls, however, and this is the distinction, have threatened to get rid of the filibuster FOR EVERYTHING... and that is precisely what they will do if ever given a majority in the Senate ever again.

Senate Democrats also would have the filibuster in order to block legislation, which means that there would not likely be any efforts to get rid of the filibuster.

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.

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.

Opponents of the U.S. Senate tradition of the filibuster — or the extensive debate on the floor of the federal upper house geared toward preventing a vote on legislation or confirming a presidential appointee — certainly don't welcome Sen. Rand Paul's move today to exercise that privilege to prevent what would certainly be the speedy confirmation of John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

But it confirms that their interest is not in dialogue, but the internet version of filibustering.

Or will they get rid of the filibuster?

Virtually absent was talk about Senate obstructionism, the inane and perpetual use of the filibuster, and the possibility of passing legislation through reconciliation, issues that David Roberts has covered at length (and with good reason).

Reid promises that Democrats will «talk» next week, a rather tepid statement when the issue of filibuster is at hand.

that she does «not see the likelihood of a filibuster.»

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

The last time the legislation was taken up, she said, it came two votes shy of cloture, which is a procedure that enables a bill to be considered on the Senate floor without the possibility of a filibuster.

Not exact matches

The bottom line is that when Trump blames the filibuster as his primary obstacle to achieving more legislative wins, he is often ignoring underlying factors, mainly that in most cases Republicans can not agree enough to make good on years of promises.

In November 2008, an election year that swept a barrier - breaking dynamo of the opposite party into the White House and pumped Democratic numbers in the chamber to 59 (and soon after, a filibuster - proof 60), McConnell barely eked out a win.

That means the Obama administration was given free rein to craft the agreement, which must be submitted to a straight up or down vote, with no possibility of amendment or filibuster.

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.

But Wendy Davis's filibuster of Texas bill SB5 demonstrates valuable leadership lessons.

While Congress is in the hands of a Republican majority, getting Democrats to go along with cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans — as is Trump's plan — will be a tough sell; while the Republicans control the Senate, the Democratic minority could filibuster bills they don't like.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, whose state of Connecticut shouldered the killing of 20 children in Newtown in 2012, led a filibuster on Wednesday to try to force a vote, insisting he would stay on the Senate floor «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»