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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (174910)

11/3/2014 12:05:27 PM

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Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	I would be very happy if they eliminated the filibuster but they won't do it because they will be looking forward to 2016 when they will no longer control t	Kenneth E. Phillipps 12 minutes ago
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Obama will not have to veto because the filibuster will prevent any bills from coming to his desk.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 58 minutes ago
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The filibuster survives except for nominations so the election changes nothing legislatively.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 58 minutes ago
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Harry Reid will still be able to filibuster any bill.	Kenneth E. Phillipps last Friday
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	60 votes were needed. I call that a filibuster.	Kenneth E. Phillipps May 21
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	"...the American political system already has an inordinately high number of veto points, so anyone favoring additional extraconstitutional ones should fac	Kenneth E. Phillipps 11/22/2013
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The double standard in which a Republican president can seat a Janice Rogers Brown and a Democratic president can’t even seat moderates judges with bipartisan s	Kenneth E. Phillipps 11/21/2013
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Republicans should have thought of that before they decided to filibuster all nominees.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 11/21/2013
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	If the filibuster is so fundamental, why didn't they put it in the Constitution. We do require a 2/3 vote to ratify treaties.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 11/21/2013
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Senate Votes For Nuclear Option huffingtonpost.com	Kenneth E. Phillipps 11/21/2013
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The Senate will raise the debt limit unless Republicans filibuster.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 10/8/2013
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Judge Strikes Down Age Limits on Morning-After Pill nytimes.com A federal judge ruled Friday that the government must make the most common morning-after pill	Kenneth E. Phillipps 4/5/2013
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Hiding behind the filibuster is not leadership.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 12/29/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Obama is demanding that Mitch McConnell allow a straight up-or-down vote on Harry Reid’s fallback proposal, if the two sides cannot reach a deal. If no deal is	Kenneth E. Phillipps 12/29/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The reason we've got a fiscal cliff is that back in the early aughts, when people like Alan Greenspan were worried that federal budget surpluses would becom	Kenneth E. Phillipps 12/21/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The stimulus plan passed but was obstructed by the filibuster rule and it would have been much larger and more successful without Republican opposition.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 8/20/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The Filibuster rule in the Senate prevented him from getting all of the stimulus he needed during his first two years. He had to reduce the stimulus to get 3 R	Kenneth E. Phillipps 7/10/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Carolyn, that is NOT what Obama had during his first two years. He did not have a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. That is why we don't have a	Kenneth E. Phillipps 6/24/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Patrick, he did submit it the Congress in the form of the Dream Act. In 2010, the House passed the Dream Act but it could go no further because of the filib	Kenneth E. Phillipps 6/15/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	This type of legislation must start in the HOuse. Further, it would have been subject to a Republican filibuster in the Senate.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 6/12/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	<<...his plan was careless at best.>> His plan was the best he could get past a Republican filibuster. He wanted to do more but he had to cut it b	Kenneth E. Phillipps 2/1/2012
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Republicans control the Senate because of the filibuster rule. They have set a record for the number of filibusters.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 11/3/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Under the old rules, there were certain things that political parties did not do -- even though theoretically they could. If one party controlled the Senate and	Kenneth E. Phillipps 9/26/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Where are the jobs bills? Both sides of Congress controlled by Republicans (because of the filibuster) and NO jobs bills.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 8/2/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Wrong! Revenue increases cannot kick in under suspension of the rules. A tax increase will be met with a Republican filibuster. You can take that to the ba	Kenneth E. Phillipps 8/2/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	the 60 vote requirement has been waived many times in this kind of situation. It is a filibuster.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 7/30/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	When 60 votes are needed and the bill can't go forward, that is a filibuster. On a straight up or down vote, the Reid bill would pass.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 7/30/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	MCConnell is leading the filibuster against the debt limit right now. He won't agree to an up or down vote with a simple majority.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 7/30/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	McConnell's filibuster of the debt limit is his way of achieving his no. 1 goal of getting rid of President Obama.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 7/30/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Senate Republicans will filibuster the debt limit extension.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 7/29/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	JLA, it's your masters who say the debt is a serious problem but they can't do anything about it because of the filibuster rules.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 5/18/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Don, you post smacks of hypocrisy. You certainly had no objection when the Republicans in the Senate used the filibuster to frustrate the will of the majority.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 2/21/2011
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	We did have an election in 2008 and Democrats won but that didn't stop Republicans from using the filibuster in the Senate. The Democrats in WI are just ta	Kenneth E. Phillipps 2/19/2011
	President Barack Obama	Obama's Naivete on Bipartisanship Has Finally Caught Up to Him diggfacebook Twitter stumble reddit del.ico.us Read More: Bush Tax Cuts , Obama , Obama Bip	Kenneth E. Phillipps 12/1/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	<<How come the filibuster couldn't stop the Obamacare bill or was that just dirty tricks?>> Because of reconciliation which is not available fo	Kenneth E. Phillipps 11/9/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The Filibuster in the Senate prevents action.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 11/9/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	It's not up to Obama. It's for Congress and they are tied up by the filibuster rule.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 8/25/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	It is tragic when Republicans in the Senate filibuster every attempt to remedy the situation.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 8/12/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	First, the Republicans criticize the Democrats for delaying a small business finance bill, then they filibuster the bill itself. huffingtonpost.com	Kenneth E. Phillipps 7/30/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	$30 Billion more for Afghanistan and Nothing for the unemployed. Damn the Filibuster!	Kenneth E. Phillipps 7/2/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said she believes Republicans are trying to prevent the economy from improving in order to foster an anti-incumbent mood come Nov	Kenneth E. Phillipps 6/24/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Tim, the fact that most of the bills passed by 60 votes is not a good argument in favor of the filibuster. The recent extension of unemployment benefits was de	Kenneth E. Phillipps 3/11/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Bunning filibuster cuts Drs Medicare fees. palmbeachpost.com	Kenneth E. Phillipps 3/1/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Last year, the first of the 111th Congress, there were a record 112 cloture votes. In the first two months of 2010, the number already exceeds 40. That means,	Kenneth E. Phillipps 3/1/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	CNN Fact Check: How common is Senate use of reconciliation? Posted: February 25th, 2010 04:00 PM ET From CNN's Emma Lacey-Bordeaux (CNN) – Reconciliation	Kenneth E. Phillipps 2/25/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	National Obama Job Approval: Health Care 45% Approve, 48% Disapprove (chart) At this week's summit, do you think Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congres	Kenneth E. Phillipps 2/25/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The tax cut bill was not subject to a filibuster.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 2/22/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The Bush tax cuts, The unfunded decision by Bush for two wars, The unfunded decision by Bush for Part D Medicare coverage - all Bush decisions which haunt us t	Kenneth E. Phillipps 2/1/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Only 26% of Americans know that it takes 60 votes to overcome a Senate filibuster---and only 32% know that the Senate GOP voted unanimously against the Democrat	Kenneth E. Phillipps 1/30/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	Editorial: Senate's abuse of filibuster rule threatens democracy Mercury News Editorial President Barack Obama set forth a generally smart, realistic path	Kenneth E. Phillipps 1/29/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	I refuse to vote for the filibuster Party.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 1/29/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	With the filibuster rule in the Senate, 20 states plus one Senator with 10% of the population can block action favored by the 90%.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 1/28/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The filibuster had an economic and political cost.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 1/3/2010
	Obama: Do You Agree We've Had	The Republican filibuster in the Senate of the health care reform bill prevented the Senate from taking action to extend 50 individual and business tax breaks.	Kenneth E. Phillipps 1/3/2010