Should Dennis Kucinich fillibuster when the health care bill goes back to the House?

[LoZoccolo]

[rucky]

1. He won't have to.

The POS the Senate is producing cannot be reconciled with the House bill.

[Syrinx]

2. there is no fillibuster in the House

[SoFlaJet]

3. wait...

when did he get into the senate?

[regnaD kciN]

4. No filibuster in the House...

...so the question is irrelevant.

[foo_bar]

12. in that case, he definitely shouldn't filibuster

They'd be like, wtf dude:

In the House of Representatives, the filibuster (the right to unlimited debate) was used until 1842, when a permanent rule limited the duration of debate. The disappearing quorum was a tactic used by the minority until an 1890 rule eliminated it. As the membership of the House grew much larger than the Senate, the House has acted earlier to control floor debate and the delay and blocking of floor votes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster#20th_century_and_the_emergence_of_cloture

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Should people look up "Fillibuster" before posting a poll?

[Richardo]

6. Yes.

Jesus.

[Oregone]

11. Not if they are intending to make a Democratic board look foolish and moronic

Just throwing it out there is all

[Electric Monk]

18. +1

[JackRiddler]

19. Yes. They also should learn how to spell it.

That's okay, I once lost a school spelling bee because I'd never heard the word phillibuster before!

[Ignis]

27. Only people attempting a real post/poll, rather than flamebait. (nt)

[WI_DEM]

7. He might --even though the House has no fillibuster.

[Burma Jones]

8. Well, he could filibuster

as soon as he became a Senator......

[shadowknows69]

9. No, he can't.

[chandler2]

10. No. It's a waste of his political capital.

Both parties favor limiting care mainly to the insurance co's which most Americans love. The public is too stoopid to be saved
right now. Don't waste your capital, Dennis.

[Individualist]

13. You should learn how the House and Senate operate.

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. :eyes: (giggle)

[Aramchek]

15. you know he would if he could

[harun]

24. If he was in the Senate he would.

[SIMPLYB1980]

16. It would fit his MO to vote with Lieberman.

[Greyhound]

17. That Goddamn Frank Capra! Because of him, Americans are completely ignorant of our political and

economic systems.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ruined politics.

It's a Wonderful Life ruined banking.
:spray:

[Bluenorthwest]

20. As usual your grasp of realities is strained

No such thing in the House, only the Senate, and Dennis Kucinich is a Representative, from the House of Representatives. Which is not the Senate.

[backscatter712]

21. There are no filibusters in the House.

At best, Kucinich might be able to make some delaying maneuvers, though I doubt he could even do that.

[onenote]

22. Its somewhat disheartening that some people here are so uninformed about the process

After all this is a forum dedicated to the discussion of political/policy/legislative matters. While I recognize that most people don't know all of the ins and outs of the legislative process, knowing that filibusters are a unique feature of the Senate seems like a pretty basic point, given as often as filibusters have been discussed here over the years.

But it goes to show that if folks here don't understand the process, imagine how clueless the average person is.

[LynneSin]

23. Kucinich running for senate?

House does not have filibuster

[MNDemNY]

25. Has he been elected Senator?

[comrade snarky]

26. No

But in other news

[dionysus]

28. other: Oasis should douse themselves in petrol and light a match

[damntexdem]

29. He cannot filibuster, since there is no filibuster in the House.

And at this point, one cannot even say how one thinks he should vote, since there is as yet no Senate bill, so no conference bill.

[HughMoran]

30. haha @ people who voted

:think: