Sunday, January 21, 2018

Paul Ryan: Senate Dems Choose Filibuster Then 'Blame Everybody Else' : Trump: Go Nuclear

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 Is that Nixon's dog.....? :)

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday blasted Democrats in the upper chamber for filibustering votes on key issues — and then blaming “the dysfunction on everybody else.”

In an interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation,” the Wisconsin Republican said Democrats are blocking votes even on issues they support.
"[T]he senate Democrats have chosen [to] filibuster CHIP, filibuster appropriations, filibuster getting these things done then blame the dysfunction on everybody else,” he said, referring to the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

“The point I'm trying to makes if you want to get these problems solved, open up the government, resume negotiations and let's solve these problems. The Democrats filibuster even considering these bills and that is why we have this big pile up.”

On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted Senate Republicans should go "nuclear" if the government shutdown continues, changing Senate rules to allow legislation to pass with a simple majority instead of 60 votes. 

More @ Newsmax

2 comments:

  1. "Going nuclear" would be a terrible mistake. Republicans won't be in the majority forever. If Chuck Schumer became the Senate Majority Leader and only needed a majority vote to pass legislation can you imagine what he might do? I'd rather suffer today than see the country destroyed in the future.

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