Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced legislation to raise the debt ceiling on Thursday, apparently with the intent of showing that even Democrats would not support such a bill.
However, McConnell’s plan backfired after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) called for a vote on the legislation, which would have given the president the authority to raise the federal debt ceiling on his own. The top Senate Republican was forced to filibuster his own bill.
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Durbin explained “to those who don’t follow the Senate” that by calling for the legislation to be passed by a 60-vote majority, McConnell had filibustered the bill. He said this was probably the first time in history that a senator had filibuster his own proposal.
Reid and other Democrats have called for the Senate’s filibuster rules to be reformed, claiming that Republicans have abused the parliamentary procedure and obstructed lawmaking.
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So I had to block my brother on FB.. he's become a hardcore libertard conspiracy goon.![]()
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See now, my brother is a highly placed union guy with GE Local 201 (Lynn, MA). Does a lot of politicking in the Northeast, and is mulling a run for Lynn City Council.
Ah, relatives...you can't pick 'em, can you?
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See now, my brother is a highly placed union guy with GE Local 201 (Lynn, MA). Does a lot of politicking in the Northeast, and is mulling a run for Lynn City Council.
Ah, relatives...you can't pick 'em, can you?
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See now, my brother is a highly placed union guy with GE Local 201 (Lynn, MA). Does a lot of politicking in the Northeast, and is mulling a run for Lynn City Council.
Ah, relatives...you can't pick 'em, can you?
My middle brother is a lazy Dem, and my younger sister is a southern Baptist Republican. My mother is an old school Republican (who still manages to hate President Obama) and my father is lifelong Dem (and Hillary supporter in 2008).
Yes, it's quite the mix.
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I have question for all and sundry. Can you please explain the allure of a party bus?
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I have question for all and sundry. Can you please explain the allure of a party bus?
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I have question for all and sundry. Can you please explain the allure of a party bus?
I guess when it plunges off a cliff, or hits a too-low overpass, hijinks might ensue.
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I have question for all and sundry. Can you please explain the allure of a party bus?
I can't understand the allure.
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I have question for all and sundry. Can you please explain the allure of a party bus?
I can't understand the allure.
no one has to be the designated driver
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Just as an exercise, what would you do with this fuck?
I'm for a regular trial, then send him to maximum security in the general population. You know what will happen.
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Just as an exercise, what would you do with this fuck?
I'm for a regular trial, then send him to maximum security in the general population. You know what will happen.
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Just as an exercise, what would you do with this fuck?
I'm for a regular trial, then send him to maximum security in the general population. You know what will happen.
World’s oldest trees dying due to climate change: study
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, December 6, 2012 22:21 EST
cientists Friday warned of an alarming increase in the death rates of the largest living organisms on the planet, the giant, old trees that harbour and sustain countless birds and wildlife.
Research by universities in Australia and the United States, published in Science, said ecosystems worldwide were in danger of losing forever their largest and oldest trees unless there were policy changes to better protect them.
“It’s a worldwide problem and appears to be happening in most types of forest,†said David Lindenmayer from the Australian National University, the lead author of a study into the problem.
“Just as large-bodied animals such as elephants, tigers, and cetaceans have declined drastically in many parts of the world, a growing body of evidence suggests that large old trees could be equally imperilled.â€
Quote by Raine:Life in jail. Solitary. (I'm not a fan of rape in any way, to be honest.)Quote by TriSec:
Just as an exercise, what would you do with this fuck?
I'm for a regular trial, then send him to maximum security in the general population. You know what will happen.
And I'd like for his wife to pay some penance as well. How did this day care get away with a license? Don't daycare workers have to go thru background checks?
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:Life in jail. Solitary. (I'm not a fan of rape in any way, to be honest.)Quote by TriSec:
Just as an exercise, what would you do with this fuck?
I'm for a regular trial, then send him to maximum security in the general population. You know what will happen.
And I'd like for his wife to pay some penance as well. How did this day care get away with a license? Don't daycare workers have to go thru background checks?
I agree with you about his wife? WTF? Pull her license. Charge her with aiding and abetting.
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THanks for the blog, Bobber. Nice work!
BTW, if Eric Cantor and his Teabagger buds keep doing stuff like this, we may not have that much to worry about.
Quote by Raine:Life in jail. Solitary. (I'm not a fan of rape in any way, to be honest.)Quote by TriSec:
Just as an exercise, what would you do with this fuck?
I'm for a regular trial, then send him to maximum security in the general population. You know what will happen.
And I'd like for his wife to pay some penance as well. How did this day care get away with a license? Don't daycare workers have to go thru background checks?
Quote by Raine:She is just as guilty as he is in my opinion.Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:Life in jail. Solitary. (I'm not a fan of rape in any way, to be honest.)Quote by TriSec:
Just as an exercise, what would you do with this fuck?
I'm for a regular trial, then send him to maximum security in the general population. You know what will happen.
And I'd like for his wife to pay some penance as well. How did this day care get away with a license? Don't daycare workers have to go thru background checks?
I agree with you about his wife? WTF? Pull her license. Charge her with aiding and abetting.
She KNEW that he was capable of this.
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I have question for all and sundry. Can you please explain the allure of a party bus?
I can't understand the allure.
no one has to be the designated driver
Ah but what is there is specific pick up and drop off point?
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Just seen elsewhere:
I'm a Member of PETA!
People
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John Boeher just a few moments ago:
The president is forcing us to take America over the fiscal cliff
IOW: He's making us shoot ourselves!!1!! Ohnoes!1!
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Glee fans, do you agree?
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Glee fans, do you agree?
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Glee fans, do you agree?