Republican Filibusters Own Bill on Debt Ceiling
December 8, 2012
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as posted by the channel"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced legislation to raise the debt ceiling on Thursday, apparently with the intent of showing that even Democrats would not support such a bill.
However, McConnell's plan backfired after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) called for a vote on the legislation, which would have given the president the authority to raise the federal debt ceiling on his own. The top Senate Republican was forced to filibuster his own bill."*
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) plan to prove a point about the debt ceiling backfired when he ended up filibustering his own bill. Ironically, this comes at a time when filibuster reform has become an issue, due to abuse from Republicans. Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), and John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) discuss the hilarious unintended consequences.
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