{"id":3538,"date":"2010-12-05T01:24:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T09:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2010-12-05T01:24:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T09:24:59","slug":"jeff-merkleys-filibuster-reform-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/05\/jeff-merkleys-filibuster-reform-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Merkley’s Filibuster Reform Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

All to frequently, more than ever before in US history, Republican filibuzzards have abused Senate rules to create minority rule in the Senate on virtually all issues.  Therefore, I have repeatedly called for ending the filibuster.  However, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, for whose campaign I am proud to have volunteered, has a plan that reforms the filibuster rather than replacing it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"filibuzzards\"Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has just recently announced<\/a> his own set of proposals for Senate rules reform. And here it is<\/a> (PDF).<\/p>\n

Merkley’s proposal doesn’t seem to call for the actual elimination of the filibuster, but there’s plenty to it that goes a long way toward curtailing its abuse, and bringing it back to the widely-held public conception of what the filibuster is (or ought to be)<\/strong>, which is to say a difficult test of endurance that you’d only undertake on strong principle, as opposed to just putting holds on things, and then walking away, returning occasionally only to insist on another useless quorum call.<\/p>\n

So keeping in mind that these are proposals that contemplate the continuance of the filibuster’s existence, I’m just going to offer a quick run-down on the elements of the proposal, and tell you what I think… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Daily Kos<\/a>><\/p>\n

I\u2019d strongly recommend clicking through to the source article, as the author\u2019s analysis is well worth the read.  I also recommend reading the proposal itself (the PDF above).<\/font><\/p>\n

I still tend to lead toward abolishment, because I fear that td a few his could not be implemented without first being gutted by a coalition of Republicans an DINOs.  However, it it could be implemented without modification, I could live with this.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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