Sentences with phrase «use filibuster»

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

At first, that will mean an effort to block Trump's plans, perhaps by convincing Senate Democrats to block appointments or use the filibuster.

2006 - 2008 Dems take congress, Repubs use filibuster more than any minority party in our nation's history while labeling the Dems as «The do nothing congress».

I fully expect that Senate Democrats are going to use the filibuster as much as possible to stonewall Trump appointees to the courts.

During the 1930s, Senator Huey Long used the filibuster to promote his populist policies.

(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nominated by President Barack Obama for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, asked Thursday for his name to be withdrawn after Senate Republicans had invoked a rarely used filibuster to block a final floor vote.

Not exact matches

Republicans are using a process known as budget reconciliation to pass the bill without being subject to a Democratic filibuster.

Although Paul's filibuster was technically against Brennan's nomination, his remarks focused primarily on civil liberties issues, offering a scathing critique of the Obama's administration's use of unmanned drones, and refusal to rule out military strikes against American citizens on U.S. soil.

Last year, he put on a 13 - hour filibuster last year to hammer home his point that drones shouldn't be used to kill U.S. citizens on U.S. soil.

Republicans are using what's called «budget reconciliation» to pass their health care bill with a bare majority of 50 votes and avoid a Democratic filibuster.

Senate Finance Committee aides said they planned to make adjustments to the legislation because it probably does not comply with the rules for a special Senate procedure they hope to use to pass the bill with 50 votes, rather than the 60 votes typically needed to beat a filibuster.

Paul's filibuster shone a light on drones, leading many Republicans and some Democrats on Capitol Hill to question their use.

And I freely admit I sometimes use too many extraneous, space - consuming, overly - descriptive, qualifying, words or sentences written quickly and in a stream - of - conscientiousness, run - on sort of fashion with occasional typos mostly due to fatigue of being up way too late (which also explains this post in general) after a long day of political discussion which refreshingly had little religious content though of course there is often much overlap between the two but posting is barely a hobby but more of an occasional passtime so now i wonder if what I write could be considered abuse as I've can't really recall seeing much if any sorrt of «text filibustering» not that this is exactly filibustering more a spontaneous text performance response joke and meant in jest to be absurdly long and useless so of course i hope you appreciate the spirit.

It claims that they can't use reconciliation because there is a filibuster.

It appears to me that for budget purposes, the «reconciliation» process could be used by Senate leadership to pass legislation providing funding, circumventing the anticipated Democratic filibuster to block such legislation.

The question is: «Can that mechanism be used to prevent a filibuster in the first place?»

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 November 2013, Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate filibusters on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments other than those to the Supreme Court.

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.

Bullshit, suggests Chait: Obama has in fact «used exactly the kind of rhetoric Westen accuses him of refusing to deploy,» but structural and practical obstacles like «special interest lobbying, the filibuster, macroeconomic conditions, not to mention certain settled beliefs of public opinion» can defeat the loftiest of presidential speeches.

This was done recently to prevent filibusters of appointments in the Senate, but otherwise had never actually been used due to other political concerns.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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

A budget was passed that included a provision that will not allow Democrats to use a Senate filibuster to stall or to prevent actions proposed by Republicans.

Prior to 1988, the last time the procedure had been used was during a 1942 filibuster over civil rights legislation.

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.

But Trump has urged GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to use the so - called «nuclear option» — rewriting the rules to disallow a filibuster.

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.

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.»

Filibusters have spiked under the Republican Senate minority in recent years, with an increasing number being used against high - level presidential nominees.

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.

Democrats aren't used to fighting so they're understandably nervous about taking on Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch with a filibuster.

And it would not be surprising to see Alexander capitalize on bipartisan interest in these ideas, which would be needed to reach the 60 - vote filibuster threshold (unless the Republican leadership end the filibuster or use the budget reconciliation process to avoid it).

The questions Paul has raised during his filibuster about the Obama administration's abuse of power (and that of predecessor George W. Bush) in the foreign policy (and even domestic intelligence) arenas, especially in the use of drones to murder innocent lives in Afghanistan, are legitimate.

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).

«Everyone knows there is not enough votes to support a filibuster,» Reid said, referring to the procedural roadblock that some Democrats said should be used to put off a vote on Alito.

«How to use sites and blawgs to market your law firm Main A filibuster of Kerry's imagination or a real possibility?»

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-...]

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?