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Three Winners And Three Losers In Today’s Filibuster Deal
Three Winners And Three Losers In Today’s Filibuster Deal
The Huffington Post reports that Senate Leaders Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reached a deal today to support minor — and in some cases, temporary — changes to the Senate Rules, rather than push through the more robust reforms championed by many Democratic senators. The language of the deal, which is divided into two separate resolutions, is available here and here.
The list of reforms is short and unlikely to fundamentally repair the broken Senate, but it does include some genuinely helpful reforms to the nominations process — in addition to a major concession to the Republican minority. Here are the three biggest winners and losers in this package:
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The LIST of 3 winners and 3 losers here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/24/1491461/three-winners-and-three-losers-in-todays-filibuster-deal/
Edited to add...
The list in the article above failed to mention that the 'anonymous' obstructionist senators lose too.
" ... senators who wish to object or threaten a filibuster must actually come to the floor to do so... "
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251280105