Comments on: Get Rid Of The Fillibuster http://www.billpressshow.com/2010/01/26/get-rid-of-the-fillibuster/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:11:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dean http://www.billpressshow.com/2010/01/26/get-rid-of-the-fillibuster/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 Dean Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:38:34 +0000 http://www.billpressshow.com/?p=1711#comment-1681 ***FILIBUSTER NEWS FLASH*** The Senators are the ones who make the rules for the Senate. The Democrats.. as the majority party, are free to make any changes to the rules... The Dems have ruled congress for a year..HOUSE, SENATE AND PRESIDENCY... They had their chance to pass all the nutty bills they could create ! ***FILIBUSTER NEWS FLASH*** The Senators are the ones who make the rules for the Senate. The Democrats.. as the majority party, are free to make any changes to the rules…
The Dems have ruled congress for a year..HOUSE, SENATE AND PRESIDENCY… They had their chance to pass all the nutty bills they could create !

]]> By: Milan http://www.billpressshow.com/2010/01/26/get-rid-of-the-fillibuster/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Milan Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:42:30 +0000 http://www.billpressshow.com/?p=1711#comment-1679 I agree it should go back to the old rules... but not gotten rid of altogether. The Senate was designed to be the way it is... to be a steadying influence over the House which, because of the short terms and low constituency per Representative, would be too heavily influenced by public opinion. I find it interesting that some people are complaining about how "slow" the Senate is moving... The Founding Fathers designed it to be that way. It's also amazing that people are complaining about how difficult it is to pass major legislation through the Senate... Again, the Founding Fathers designed it that way. If you thought that getting legislation that even the Democrats admit will have the biggest influence over the "American Way of Life" since prohibition passed through the Senate in a couple of weeks or months, sorry to disappoint you... The Senate is designed specifically to keep that from happening. Besides, the two Bills that people are mostly complaining about being obstructed (Energy Bill and Healthcare Bill) were both pretty lousy pieces of legislation anyway and SHOULD have been defeated. I am not a follower of the "A lousy Bill is better than no Bill at all" school of thought. So the House and Senate will have to go back and fix these two Bills... Maybe they'll get it right this time. I agree it should go back to the old rules… but not gotten rid of altogether.

The Senate was designed to be the way it is… to be a steadying influence over the House which, because of the short terms and low constituency per Representative, would be too heavily influenced by public opinion.

I find it interesting that some people are complaining about how “slow” the Senate is moving… The Founding Fathers designed it to be that way. It’s also amazing that people are complaining about how difficult it is to pass major legislation through the Senate… Again, the Founding Fathers designed it that way. If you thought that getting legislation that even the Democrats admit will have the biggest influence over the “American Way of Life” since prohibition passed through the Senate in a couple of weeks or months, sorry to disappoint you… The Senate is designed specifically to keep that from happening.

Besides, the two Bills that people are mostly complaining about being obstructed (Energy Bill and Healthcare Bill) were both pretty lousy pieces of legislation anyway and SHOULD have been defeated. I am not a follower of the “A lousy Bill is better than no Bill at all” school of thought.

So the House and Senate will have to go back and fix these two Bills… Maybe they’ll get it right this time.

]]> By: po http://www.billpressshow.com/2010/01/26/get-rid-of-the-fillibuster/comment-page-1/#comment-1665 po Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:48:07 +0000 http://www.billpressshow.com/?p=1711#comment-1665 Yes get rid of it, then when the republicans get in this fall they can get thier agenda passed without any liberal input. Great idea...dumbaass Yes get rid of it, then when the republicans get in this fall they can get thier agenda passed without any liberal input. Great idea…dumbaass

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