Sentences with phrase «of the filibuster for»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

That kind of massive legislative backtracking, which has been largely absent in the filibuster age, could create massive uncertainty for entire industries and create the kind of nonproductive regulatory compliance work that stifles faster growth.

Over the course of the day, Paul's filibuster became a hotspot for up - and - coming Republicans, with a parade of conservative Senators — including Ted Cruz (R - Texas), Mike Lee (R - Utah), Marco Rubio (R - Fla.)

Trump also reiterated his call for McConnell to send the filibuster in a tweet on Wednesday after the failure of the latest GOP healthcare bill, and in an interview with «Fox & Friends» host Pete Hegseth.

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

For one, killing the rule would actually take quite a bit of work and could face the threat of a Democratic filibuster in the Senate.

This comes, of course, just one week after Senator Chris Murphy led a 15 - hour filibuster for a vote on gun control.

And as children this age establish their independence and become aware of things they can control, it's not unlike them to turn into a filibustering politician bargaining for one more story or to stay up for one more commercial break before bedtime.

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I would also like to add to @sabbahillel's answer that when the Democrats last controlled the Senate, they changed the Senate rules and eliminated the filibuster on federal judge appointments to make it easier for the Senate to approve the appointments of the Obama administration.

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.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed the votes to bust a planned Democratic filibuster of Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, as a showdown neared that could change the Senate, and the court, for generations.

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...

During WWI a Senate filibuster blocked one of President Wilson's proposals, and he decided enough was enough and moved for a way to override filibusters.

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.

U.S. Senate Republicans voted to end the filibuster of Supreme Court nominations, setting the stage for the rapid elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the high court and removing a pillar of the minority party's power to exert influence in the chamber.

There was an order in there titled «To provide for expedited Senate consideration of certain nominations subject to advice and consent», but this did not appear to be the new filibuster rule.

When the Constitutional Assembly, renamed Council, after four months of work, had delivered its bill to Parliament, the minority in Parliament used unprecedented filibuster against the bill for months.

But even though Faso and Stefanik voted against their party on the tax bill, in October 2017 they voted in favor of a budget bill that paved the way for the tax measure to pass the Senate on GOP votes alone — without a filibuster.

And, we see the reinvention of a very old technique for a digital age, in this case the filibuster, which as Tumulty's article points out, was first used in the U.S. Senate when the Constitution was in diapers.

Regardless of what you think of the modern «silent» filibuster, which gums up the works of Congress to no end, a real «talking» filibuster can be a way for a Senator to bring attention to an issue (and to himself) IF people outside the Capitol can see it.

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.

Seeing large numbers of Labour peers commit in public to voting for 100 % reform and no filibustering.

As a result of the Democrat's filibuster over the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program, 60 votes were needed to pass the measure, making it impossible for Republicans to pass the continuing without at least some Democratic support.

One aspect of Rees - Mogg's conduct that fails to sit well with his zeal for true democracy is his penchant for filibustering.

Senators are likely to break a filibuster of Harvard Law professor David Barron to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which is based in Boston.

Thank you to Senator Harry Reid for Filibuster reform Resolution in Favor of Sen. Gilllibrand's Approach to Sexual Harrassment in the Military Resolution Opposing Trans - Pacific Partnership Resolution Re Small Business Jobs Survival Act

Club President Tony Hoffmann reviewed the points made in the letter to Sen Reid regarding his recent reform of Senate Filibusters and the Resolution for Sen. Gillibrand favoring her approach in legislation protecting women military personnel who have been sexually assaulted.

Congress also uses modifications of straight Robert's Rules voting like the filibuster, holds, Senatorial privilege for judicial appointments, supermajority voting on treaties, «fast track voting» without amendments and similar variants.

In the Senate, for example, Filibusters are controversial, in that they allow the minority party to stop the will of the majority.

Labour «troublemakers», in particular, have outraged Lords ministers with their partisan tactics - including the filibustering of the parliamentary voting system and constituencies bill, which came close to derailing the government's plans for next month's electoral reform referendum.

After Rand Paul filibustered the nomination of John Brennan for CIA director, Holder clarified his remarks.

Answer demonstrates a misunderstanding of the differences between the vote for Cloture and a Filibuster.

«If a cloture vote is held on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, I am prepared to vote for cloture and oppose a filibuster because, in my view, this nominee deserves an up or down vote in the Senate.»

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.

Though rules don't permit a tactic like Murphy's filibuster, Rep. Jim Himes made waves when he and some Democratic colleagues, including Reps. Joe Courtney and John Larson walked off the floor of the House during a moment of silence for the 49 men and women who were slain in an Orlando nightclub.

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 amid a frosty period in his relationship with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, Mr. Trump questioned the Senate leader's approach, faulting Republicans for failing to blow up longstanding Senate rules that make most legislation subject to a filibuster that requires 60 votes to overcome.

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.

The Louisiana senator recited Shakespeare and read out recipes for «pot - likkers» during his filibusters, one of which occupied 15 hours of «debate».

For instance, once the majority party breaks a filibuster through cloture, the minority party is allowed 30 additional hours of post-cloture debate — a procedural maneuver Democrats can use to drain the clock and bog down the confirmation process.

During an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Gillibrand took Sen. John McCain to task for filibustering to block the bill, saying his argument in favor of waiting for a military report doesn't hold water because today's vote would merely have given officials the go - ahead to repeal DADT, not directed them how to do that.

(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.

(CNN)-- A key player in negotiations over potential gun control legislation said on Tuesday a planned GOP filibuster of the bill won't occur if Democrats allow Republicans to bring amendments up for a 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.

WASHINGTON — The Senate approved the most fundamental alteration of its rules in more than a generation on Thursday, ending the minority party's ability to filibuster most presidential nominees in response to the partisan gridlock that has plagued Congress for much of the Obama administration.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted to end the filibuster of Supreme Court nominations Thursday, setting the stage for the rapid elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the high court and removing a pillar of the minority party's power to exert influence in the chamber.

The test of garnering a filibuster - proof 60 - vote majority in the U.S. Senate for climate legislation has certainly led to plenty of teeth - gnashing.