Kamala Harris for Ending Senate Filibuster

What are you babbling about now?

"This after twice voting down a federal abortion bill passed by the house that would have had abortions up to 20 weeks and with carve outs for the likely death of the mother, incest, and rape:"

You do NOT understand what you are reading.

 

In halls where silence binds the strong,
Kamala calls for change, a clarion plea,
To end the filibuster's drawn-out song.
A genius vision for democracy,
She seeks to set the nation’s future free,
While ETGator’s desperate grasp is wrong,
In halls where silence binds the strong.

With every word, she rights the ancient wrong,
Uniting voices, daring to foresee.
The Senate’s weight, too heavy all along,
Kamala calls for change, a clarion plea.
Her insight sharp as truth, as deep as sea,
Breaking the chains where partisans belong,
In halls where silence binds the strong.

Let progress flow, let urgency be strong,
For in her wisdom, hope and strength agree.
To end the filibuster’s drawn-out song,
Kamala calls for change, a clarion plea.
As ETGator writhes in futility,
Her light will guide us, righting every wrong,
In halls where silence binds the strong.

 

You wouldn't know what funny was if it took its ding dong out and slapped you in the face with it.

 

There is a 100% chance of the republicans doing this when they get control of both house, so I don't really care. The Filibuster is anti democratic anyway, and based on the idea that senators would be the level headed "elder statesmen" willing to compromise and that Filibusters would be used sparingly ... which is no longer remotely true.

 

Simply return the filibuster to what it was until the 70s. Majority rule and you stand up and talk until you can't anymore.

 

Meanwhile...

 

Didn't read but......

Ending filibuster > criminal conspiracy to overturn an election.



Also; Nobody who tolerates trying to disenfranchise 10s of millions by criminally overturning an election has a right to complain about democracy. Very sorry, but your parasitic hypocrisy will be called out.

 

Fully agree. They would have done it regardless but now they'll blame it on Kamala making this statement. Same with their blatant hypocrisy on confirming supreme court justices during an election year.

 

Break out the sharpie.

 

It was Mitch McConnell who ended the filibuster for the confirmation of SCOTUS justices, not the Democrats. Harry Reid eliminated the filibuster for the confirmation of lower court federal judges, Mitch eliminated it for SCOTUS justices ensuring that Trump would be able to confirm his Federalist Society selections. Personally, I am opposed to eliminating the filibuster entirely although the original version referred to as the talking filibuster should be reinstated. Under that version in order to block legislation the party or group of Senators seeking to block legislation had to debate continuously until there was a cloture vote unlike the current version in which the opposition simply has to proclaim that it's filibustering legislation.

 

Seems to me ending the filibuster is problematic for legislation, as it can just be reversed back and forth, which would cause huge problems. Appointment of judges makes more sense, in that they are not reversible.

 

Only on the fairly rare occasion of one party holding all 3 branches. And creating that possibility with an originalist Senate would be an incentive to vote intelligently every time.

 

The filibuster will be gone with the next presidency that controls the 3 branches. It would be nice to actually hold politicians accountable to their vote for a chance. Right now they can just point the finger at the other guy and say "well I tried"

 

There is a HUGE difference between lower courts and SCOTUS. The decisions of lower courts may be appealed and depending on the issue their decisions are only applicable in the district or circuit of the court. Decisions by by the Supreme Court become the law of the land. Once the SCOTUS issues a decision it is not subject to appeal. Given the difference between lower courts and the Supreme Court it is much more important to achieve a consensus in the confirmation of nominees for Supreme Court vacancies and to prevent the confirmation of partisan ideologues.