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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (91445)	9/21/2010 8:49:16 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

This is very serious abuse and everyone should read the entire text of the post by using the link.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (91445)	9/22/2010 8:51:11 AM
From: MJ	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224749

The following gets to the core of the matter-------not hard to understand-------this is MANIPULATION BY REID. blog.heritage.org "Many students of the U.S. Senate see a disturbing trend by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) to abuse the rules of the Senate by using a procedural tactic to stifle debate and amendment. Reid is expected to use a procedure called “filling the amendment tree” to block any opportunity for Senators to offer amendments unless they get the consent of the Majority Leader. Reid will use the tradition of priority recognition for the Majority Leader to offer a series of amendments to the defense authorization bill. Reid will fill up all of the possible amendments to the bill with technical corrections as a means to prevent Senators from offering substantive amendments. This will block out amendments from the other 99 Senators. A Senator will then have to get the consent of Reid to offer an amendment. This is not a good faith application of the Senate’s rules. Liberal Republican Senator Olympia Snowe (R–ME) is angry about this abuse of the rules and traditions of the Senate. Snowe released a statement yesterday: First and foremost, the Senate should have the ability to debate more than the three amendments the Majority Leader is allowing, especially as this bill is the largest discretionary authorization measure that Congress considers, that the bill describes the policies and programs that provide resources and direction to the nearly 2.4 million men and women of the military—active, reserve and civilians, including the courageous Americans serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that two of the three amendments don’t even relate to the military. It is therefore imperative that Senate deliberations on the defense bill be conducted without limitations and in a manner that allows for the consideration of all related amendments that Senators may wish to offer. Snowe has correctly identified the problem with Reid’s procedural tactic of “filling the amendment tree.” Snowe and other Members of the Senate who will vote to sustain a filibuster are actually protecting the rights of the minority to offer amendments and participate in the deliberations over the defense authorization bill." Message 26838033