Filibuster Rule Change - Not a Big Deal?
January 25, 2013
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as posted by the channel"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talked a big game about taking apart the filibuster leading up to his Grand Bargain with Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The Kentucky senator now promises to play nice. But like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown, he has once again snookered the hapless Majority Leader. Reid has rewarded McConnell for his years of obstructionism and hyper-partisanship. The whole charade wouldn't matter much if the fate of the United States and the world didn't depend to a large degree on the decisions of these 100 politicians."*
Where is the sweeping filibuster reform we were expecting? It turns out the so-called reform doesn't amount to much difference at all. Did Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell do anything to stop obstructionism? Does anyone know what "filibuster" mean? John Iadarola (TYT University), Desi Doyen (Green News Report), and Lissette Padilla (The Lip TV) discuss.
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