republicans now in charge: House Majority Leader: The Senate Should Change Filibuster Rules

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and i bet they do.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that the Senate should change its rules to allow for easier passage of legislation.

Currently, the Senate's rules allow for a senator to filibuster, or prevent the chamber from acting or voting on a bill or other measure. Sixty senators have to vote in favor of overcoming the filibuster to end the delay. Senate Democrats eliminated the use of the filibuster for most presidential nominations in November 2013, in a move termed the "nuclear option." But the filibuster is still in place for legislation.

When asked whether the Senate should "go nuclear" when it comes to a bill that would stop the White House from carrying out its 2014 executive actions on immigration, McCarthy said in an exclusive interview that the Senate rules are flawed.

"That's not nuclear, when 57 percent of the American representation says [the bill is] wrong. That's not in the Constitution. I think they should change the rules," McCarthy said, referring to the 57 senators who voted to proceed on the bill. The measure failed because it did not achieve the required 60 votes.

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/house-majority-leader-senate-should-change-filibuster-rules-n315171

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1. You don't make the Senate rules, concern yourself with your small right wing district

and the incompetence of your party in the south

Guess what, Obama will veto any loonie legislation you want

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2. thanks, but i'll concern myself with what i care to.

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4. I was responding to the representative in my reply, not to you personally, unless of course you are

Representative McCarthy

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6. i'm sorry, i read it the wrong way....been that kind of day.

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7. No problem. I guess I could have been more explicit

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3. The point of the filibuster is to avoid wasting time on legislation that's going to be vetoed anyway

If you cannot overcome the filibuster then you cannot overcome the presidential veto.

So why waste time on 'symbolic' passage of legislature that's destined for the dustbin?

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5. He thought filibusters were wonderful when the shoe was on the other foot.

It's a flight of fancy to ever think that Congress could actually reform how filibusters could be used so the entire process was more transparent and equitable.