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.
"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.
ReplyDeleteThanks and it does get frustrating.
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