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In the immortal words of Paul Harvey......"and now, the rest of the story"So, now we know. The President's fiscal cliff proposal is about as serious as his last budget proposal. And Democrats don't want to be responsible for it.
Democrats, the ball is now back in your court. If you believe in that what the President has put forward, vote on it.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wanted to prove on Thursday that Democrats don’t have the votes to weaken Congress’ authority on the debt limit. Instead they called his bluff, and he ended up filibustering his own bill.
The legislation, modeled on a proposal McConnell offered last year as a “last-choice option” to avert a U.S. debt default, would permit the president to unilaterally lift the debt ceiling unless Congress mustered a two-thirds majority to stop him.
McConnell brought up the legislation Thursday morning. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) initially objected, seemingly proving the Republican leader’s point that it cannot pass the Senate. But then Reid ran it by his members and, in the afternoon, agreed to hold that same vote. This time it was McConnell who objected.
“The Republican leader objects to his own idea,” Reid declared on the floor. “So I guess we have a filibuster of his own bill.”
Filibusterbating: Watch Mitch McConnell Filibuster His Own Bill | Mediaite
As Dick Durbin points out in the CSPAN video on the same page, this might be the first time a Senator introduces a bill, it IS agreed to to be brought forward for a vote....and the Senator who introduced in the first place (McConnell), objects TO HIS OWN BILL!
You sure do know how to pick your spots, cpwill!
Thank you, thank you!