Midknight Review -- new and revised: History of the clotsure vote (to cut off floor discussion"filibuster")

1968 - It took 67 Senate votes to end a filibuster.

In mid-1970's, that total was reduced to 60 votes.

And, before the end of the week, the barrier will be reduced to a 50 vote total with the Vice President being the deciding factor.

Some will say, "This vote reduction will come back to haunt the GOP." Who cares?    Here is my responce: Where has "following the rules" gotten the GOP? It has given us an increasingly Progressive/Globalist court system. Understand that the media helps the Dems anytime that party fights for a particular justice.

With the impending vote reduction, the filibuster for court appointees at all levels is gone. And with that, so too is the influence of the media on court appointees.

In fact, this blog favors the end of the filibuster for all Senate business. In a time when "extreme partisanship" (thanks to the Dems) is the order of the day, the filibuster rule needs to be abolished altogether. Will it hurt the GOP? Not exclusively. This change would only hurt the party not in power   . . . . . .   so don't lose elections.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

History of the clotsure vote (to cut off floor discussion"filibuster")

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