Sentences with phrase «with filibustering»

In this respect I believe that the Brits have a leg up on America, where politicians are so concerned with undermining the opposing party, with filibustering, and blocking legislation at every turn, that debate on actual issues seems to be a foreign concept.

The House passed a bill with public option, but the Senate, even though the majority (perhaps as many as 59), would have voted for a public option bill, they needed 60 with the filibuster and they didn't have it.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 method allows Republicans to move the bill through the Senate with only a majority vote — avoiding a potential Democratic filibuster.

The process allows Republicans to avoid a Democratic filibuster and pass the bill on a party - line vote, but it comes with strings attached.

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.

Bolt smiled, said he expected the query, and didn't answer, filibustering with Phelps platitudes.

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.

If the proposal doesn't comply with the Senate's rules, an ensuing fight could pit conservatives against moderates and institutionalists — and could edge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) closer to completely eliminating the legislative filibuster, a move with far bigger implications than health care policy.

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.

The Senate Democrats are filibustering a bill to aid victims of sex trafficking, demanding that any help to victims of sex trafficking must be bundled with (extremely unpopular) government funding of abortion.

States across the country have moved toward similar abortion restrictions in recent years, with Texas upholding its own «fetal pain» law despite state senator Wendy Davis's filibuster making national news in 2013.

All this happened even with the Republicans constant filibustering.

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.

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.

To stave off fear of the dark, I staged a filibuster and told an hour long story that was pretty much Star Wars meets King Arthur, but with fairies and talking flowers and an evil dragon that melts robots to make jewelry.

The federal bill that will provide New York with some $ 2.6 billion in Medicaid and education aid just passed the US Senate 61 - 39 (no surprise, as that was the same as yesterday's cloture vote in which two moderate Maine Republicans joined with the Democrats to end the GOP filibuster).

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.

Could the Republicans do exactly the same to Sen. Murphy, and every other Democrat who speaks out, thus effectively bringing an end to debate and preventing a filibuster, with their simple majority?

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

Or has the Senate changed the rules without officially changing the written rules, like they did with judicial filibusters?

Also, I believe there is no filibuster available for tax and budget bills that go through the process called reconciliation with the House.

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.

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),

With so much on the line, Senate Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee like Mr. Kaine had hoped to not only rally the 34 senators needed to sustain a presidential veto, but also to possibly keep enough Democrats behind the president to filibuster a resolution of disapproval next month.

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.

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

Gorsuch will get on the bench no matter what, but let it be after the GOP ends the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees and with only GOP votes.

For the most part that won't involve either battle royale or deal - cutting with Obama; it will involve putting up legislation that Senate Democrats filibuster.

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.

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.

Cruz was most recently in the news for threatening, along with his Kentucky colleague Sen. Rand Paul and Utah Sen. Mike Lee to filibuster the gun control bill.

You won't get a filibuster proof senate in DC with Rump, you won't get one here in NY State with the IDC.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer reacted with suspicion to President Donald Trump's nomination of Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to the late Antonin Scalia «s slot on the Supreme Court — and warned against any Republican attempt to eliminate the filibuster in order to ram his confirmation through.

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.

Washington (CNN)- In a rare, private meeting with nearly all 100 senators Monday night, the upper chamber failed to come up with a deal to avert the so - called nuclear option — a partisan threat by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that would eliminate filibusters for executive - branch nominees.

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

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.

To vote in a way which effectively abandons the bill to filibuster and delay would be a shameful decision for Labour, with its fine record, ancient and modern, on Lords reform.

Here he was in 2005, pleading with Senate Republicans to change the rules to forbid judicial filibusters:

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.

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership sided with beltway lobbyists and the U.S. Chamber of Congress over the professional advice of our nation's military and national security officials, and filibustered the Cybersecurity Act in July 2012.

«I don't believe there are enough days left to deal with this issue,» he said, with the main roadblocks being the tight schedule and the need for filibuster - proof 60 votes in the Senate put through the oil bill as a whole: «It's unfortunate, but 60 is 60.»

For better or worse, with its lengthy cutscenes and frequent penchant for filibuster - worthy speeches about nuclear weapons and technology, Metal Gear Solid revolutionized a cinematic approach to video game storytelling that still influences the industry today, all through a science - fiction lens of mechs, genetically enhanced soldiers, and nanomachines.

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.