If you remember at the start of the current session
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid refused to allow a vote on significantly
changing the filibuster rules. The
Senate has become dysfunctional with nothing really getting done due to the
abuse of the present rules that allow the minority to control the Senate. It is so easy to block any movement on bills
and even nominations that the country’s important issues are not being
addressed effectively.
This frustration boiled over recently at a Senate Committee
on Environment and Public Works that met to consider the nomination of Gina McCarthy for EPA Administrator. All the Republican members of the Committee
boycotted the meeting so that no action could be taken.
Watch the
fireworks for yourself at the link below.
Advance to the 27 minute and 40 second mark when the meeting
begins. It is well worth watching and
when you are done call Senator Reid’s office at 1-866-736-7343
and demand the Senate reform its filibuster rules.
http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Choose&Hearing_id=670b95e6-ae45-33e6-edac-c256181b8e10+(124x76).jpg)
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