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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
which was a democratic congress with Bush. so I was right??
anyway, its a political tactic, that is valid and has been used more and more over the past 38 years.
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You are not right. Let me break down the 110th congress for you:
- Bush was in office.
- The Democrats are in control.
- The Democrats have full control of what gets or doesn't get to the floor for a vote. If they choose to do so they can reject any bill proposed by the other-side from getting to the floor but that's really not good politics.
- Republicans use the filibusterer to stop them from passing all the bills they bring to the floor with a simple majority up-and-down vote.
- Democrats call for Cloture vote to stop debate. The cloture procedure is just to see if the other side really has 41 votes and force the issue.
- If cloture fails the filibusterer is successful.
So in that 110th congress the people doing filibustering are the people who don't have power, the Republicans. The correct assessment of the 110th congress would be:
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With Bush in office and Democrats in charge of both houses Republican senators took filibustering to new heights to stop the Democrats' agenda.
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