Thursday, January 03, 2013

Filibuster Reform Finally?

The Morning Plum: Media shouldn’t get rolled by GOP debt ceiling spin
...Pressure on Harry Reid on filibuster reform: As David Firestone points out, it is on Reid to do the right thing and to avoid agreeing on any filibuster reform bargain that continues enabling unprecedented GOP obstructionism. Reid understands the stakes here as well as anyone, having negotiated an informal truce with McConnell that proved a failure.

Also: If current GOP behavior is not enough to prompt real reform, what would be? For more on this, see Steve Benen, who has a chart demonstrating the unprecedented scope of filibuster abuse in recent years....

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