Mccain who opposed filibuster reform when it was to be used against Democrats may now endorse it against Republicans #tcot #twisters

McCain gets fed up with Rand Paul, hints at endorsing filibuster reform | The Daily Caller

http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/03/mccain-gets-fed-up-with-fellow-republican-says-lends-some-credence-to-idea-of-filibuster-reform/

..."Republican Sen. John McCain became so
fed up with a Republican colleague’s efforts to block the
National Defense Authorization Act on Monday that he
suggested in a floor speech that perhaps Democratic
Majority Leader Harry Reid’s push to change the rules of
the filibuster was not a bad idea.
The comment came after McCain criticized his Republican
colleague Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky for holding up the
NDAA.
“I find it disappointing that one member of the United
States Senate feels that his particular agenda is so
important that it affects the lives and the readiness and
the capabilities of the men and women who are serving in
the military and our ability to defend this nation,” McCain
said. “I think it’s hard to answer to the men and women in
the military with this kind of behavior, but I will leave that
up to the senator from Kentucky to do so.”
“Much to my dismay,” McCain said of Paul’s objection, “it
lends some credence to the argument that maybe we
ought not to do business the way that we are doing here
in the United States Senate.”....

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Mccain who opposed filibuster reform when it was to be used against Democrats may now endorse it against Republicans #tcot #twisters

McCain gets fed up with Rand Paul, hints at endorsing filibuster reform | The Daily Caller

http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/03/mccain-gets-fed-up-with-fellow-republican-says-lends-some-credence-to-idea-of-filibuster-reform/

..."Republican Sen. John McCain became so
fed up with a Republican colleague’s efforts to block the
National Defense Authorization Act on Monday that he
suggested in a floor speech that perhaps Democratic
Majority Leader Harry Reid’s push to change the rules of
the filibuster was not a bad idea.
The comment came after McCain criticized his Republican
colleague Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky for holding up the
NDAA.
“I find it disappointing that one member of the United
States Senate feels that his particular agenda is so
important that it affects the lives and the readiness and
the capabilities of the men and women who are serving in
the military and our ability to defend this nation,” McCain
said. “I think it’s hard to answer to the men and women in
the military with this kind of behavior, but I will leave that
up to the senator from Kentucky to do so.”
“Much to my dismay,” McCain said of Paul’s objection, “it
lends some credence to the argument that maybe we
ought not to do business the way that we are doing here
in the United States Senate.”....

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John Boehner: Filibuster Reform 'Designed To Marginalize Senate #Republicans #tcot #twisters #WAR #sgp

John Boehner: Filibuster Reform 'Designed To Marginalize Senate Republicans'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/john-boehner-filibuster_n_2215654.html

....." Speaker John Boehner joined fellow Republicans in the Senate on Thursday in their battle to stop Democrats controlling that chamber from
curbing filibusters, threatening to ignore bills the Senate
sends him if Democrats have abused GOP senators' rights
to slow consideration of legislation.
The threat by Boehner, R-Ohio, represents an unusual
escalation across the Capitol building of a bitter partisan
fight that has been brewing in the Senate for weeks. It
also underscores a Republican effort to retain as much
power as they can next year, when Democrats will control
the White House and Senate and Republicans will lead only
the House.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has said that
on the first day of the new Congress in January, he may
take the unusual step of using a simple majority vote to
limit filibusters.
Usually it takes a two-thirds vote to change Senate rules.
A simple majority would mean Democrats could change
the filibuster rules without GOP support, and the threat
has infuriated Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-
Ky., and other Republicans. Democrats will control the new
Senate 55-45, including one Democratic-leaning
independent.
Boehner said that Reid's threat "is clearly designed to
marginalize Senate Republicans and their constituents
while greasing the skids for controversial, partisan
measures."
He added, "Any bill that reaches a Republican-led House
based on Senate Democrats' heavy-handed power play would be dead on arrival”.....

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