Posts tagged “Obstructionism”
Miscarriage In Justice
While everyone is focused on the Supreme Court nomination that Barack Obama now gets to make, let’s do the outside-the-box thing. Obama now has to come up with another nominee to serve as the head of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department. So let’s play a little game. Suppose I’m a legal [...]
Horse and Marriage, Horse and Marriage
I’m not sure I understand why poor J.D. Hayworth — who, because he is running in a Republican primary against John “Gramps” McCain, and running from the far-right, to boot, is required to speak at least twice as much nonsense as McCain does — is getting so much flak for warning the nation that the [...]
Self-defeating Tantrumology?
Remember the uber-tantrum that Sen. Richard Shelby threw five weeks ago? The one that guarantees him first-round induction into the Obstructionism Glory-Hole of Shame when his playing days are over? The fuss was mostly over a $35 billion Air Force contract for refueling tankers: Sen. Richard Shelby’s (R-Ala.) decision to place a “blanket hold” on [...]
Swimming Pool Bananas
Here’s a perfect example of the totally insane, futile and stupid obstructionism that Senate Republicans have embraced as their legislative signature. Last September, more than five months ago, President Obama nominated Barbara Milano Keenan to serve on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of October [...]
Not Even The Courage Of Their Own Obstructionism
Since President Obama‘s election, Senate Republicans have demonstrated an almost pathological obstructionism. They have pretty much obstructed anything and everything, including proposals they had themselves proposed or championed or supported in the past. Now we find that many of them don’t even have the courage of their own obstructionism. When the weak-and-watery Senate jobs bill [...]
Washington D.C. Unmanned Forever By Snow?
(1) Liberals bloggers would have you believe that the reason why government has come to a crushing, grinding halt in recent months is the unprecedented obstructionism of Republicans in the Senate. Or, specifically, their rampant abuse of the filibuster, so that 60 votes are now required for virtually every single piece of legislation in the [...]
Unrepentant Extortion In Full Public View
The people who set up some of the Senate’s most charming practices — the filibuster, the hold — are starting to look awfully naive. Somehow, it never occurred to them that these rules could be abused? Not just for the kind of rampant political obstructionism that the Republicans have displayed over the last three years, [...]
Immovable Object Rides Again!
So now it looks like the possibility of passing a healthcare reform fix in the Senate via budget reconciliation is going down the toilet: As it turns out, Senate Democrats may not be able to force healthcare legislation through the chamber on a simple majority vote. Republicans say they have found a loophole in the [...]
The Unique Irresistible-Force Immovable-Object
You may have heard that Democrats have agreed to swear in Scott “Cosmopolitan” Brown today, one week ahead of the date that he himself had picked, February 11. But that’s okay, because he himself demanded to be seated a weak earlier. And as everybody knows, a centerfold model is entitled to change his or her [...]
The Entirely Fictitious “What Can We Do?” Defense
Here’s some food for thought: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will force a vote on President Barack Obama‘s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration when the Senate reconvenes in three weeks. Reid’s announcement Tuesday that he will file a motion for cloture, a procedural step to limit debate and lead to a roll-call vote, [...]