Word: filibusterer
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Mr. Obama is not a god, demi or otherwise, but a mere politician and must work within the realm of political reality to achieve his goals. In fact, far from attempting an executive take-over of public policy, Mr. Obama has arguably left far too much of the responsibility for...
All that changed when Bill Clinton took office. With the GOP no longer controlling the White House, a new breed of aggressive Republicans - men like Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay and Trent Lott - hit on a strategy for discrediting Clinton: discredit government. Rhetorically, they derided Washington as ineffective and conflict-ridden...
Both parties bear some responsibility for the filibuster’s increased use, which has been facilitated largely by “Rule 22,” which allows opponents to threaten a filibuster without ever having to execute it, sparing the minority of many of the political consequences of...
Halfway through the current 111th Congress, the filibuster has already been invoked 74 times, putting it on pace to surpass the 110th Congress, which set the high mark with 139. That was more than double the mark set by the Democratic minority in the previous Congress, 68. By comparison, there...
But as badly as the rules need to be revised, there are many things standing in their way. The logistics of actually effecting a rule change are daunting. Changing Senate rules usually requires 67 votes, all but impossible to come by in the current Washington climate. The only way around...