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Reid Abused Power

Mike

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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Wednesday accused Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) of "manipulating the rules" and "abus[ing] the power of the majority" in a blistering critique of the top Democrat's handling of the "fiscal cliff" negotiations.

“It is very difficult ... the way Harry Reid is manipulating the rules for us to get anything up to a vote," Sessions told radio host Laura Ingraham. "He has abused the power of the majority in the Senate to a degree [that has] never, ever been done before."

Sessions went on to accuse Reid of "undermining the whole historic role of the Senate."


The Alabama lawmaker said the upper chamber "should be where these great issues of finance and debt should be the No. 1 issue before the American people. It should be voted on in the Senate regularly, debated and discussed.”

But Sessions also reserved some criticism for fellow Republicans, who he argued had been too secretive about their role in deficit and tax negotiations.

"I believe the fundamental problem the Republicans have exasperated here is allowing these negotiations to go on in secret. ... [T]he American people have no idea what’s going to be agreed to," Sessions said.

The three-term senator said that conducting the negotiations in private likely benefited the Democrats, because it allowed President Obama to shape the terms of the debate.

"It hasn’t been publicly debated ... [and] this lack of clarity I think contributed to the ability of the president to be successful in this election," Sessions said.
 
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Anonymous

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Tough Sh*t cause Reid has the majority-- and the election of just a few weeks ago gave his party a mandate over that other cult....

BUT guess what old Sessions did a few years ago before when he had a majority or an electoral mandate-- same damn thing....
And spent like a drunken sailor- except instead of putting money back into the US and the taxpayers benefit - he was funneling it into Bush's sandbox and building the GW Bush bridges and interstates of Iraq..... :(

Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......
 

Lonecowboy

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Oldtimer said:
Tough Sh*t cause Reid has the majority-- and the election of just a few weeks ago gave his party a mandate over that other cult....

BUT guess what old Sessions did a few years ago before when he had a majority or an electoral mandate-- same damn thing....
And spent like a drunken sailor- except instead of putting money back into the US and the taxpayers benefit - he was funneling it into Bush's sandbox and building the GW Bush bridges and interstates of Iraq..... :(

Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......

Does this mean you would support Ryan Zinke over Max Baucus in the next election? :shock: :D
 

gmacbeef

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Oldtimer, why do you support Oblamea & his VP Joe Biden who has been in Washington FOREVER screwing things up. By the way ,did Sessions Add 4 TRILLION to the debt in 4 years like Reid did ?
 
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Anonymous

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Lonecowboy said:
Oldtimer said:
Tough Sh*t cause Reid has the majority-- and the election of just a few weeks ago gave his party a mandate over that other cult....

BUT guess what old Sessions did a few years ago before when he had a majority or an electoral mandate-- same damn thing....
And spent like a drunken sailor- except instead of putting money back into the US and the taxpayers benefit - he was funneling it into Bush's sandbox and building the GW Bush bridges and interstates of Iraq..... :(

Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......

Does this mean you would support Ryan Zinke over Max Baucus in the next election? :shock: :D

Never heard of Ryan Zinke :roll: ...
 

Mike

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Traditionally the number of cloture motions has been the guide as to how many filibusters there were. The thing is that cloture's are now being used as a tool to stop debate altogether. The numbers show that during the 111th Congress and the 112 Congress, both under Democratic control, cloture motions have gone to the roof to all-time highs. During the 111th Congress 189 time’s cloture motions were filed, 186 were filed by the same Senator, Harry Reid. The other three were filed by three different Senators. Here is now where things will get interesting. Of the 189 cloture motions filed by Harry Reid, 186 were filed on the same day, actually within minutes of, the Bill being presented to the floor. When a Bill is presented to the Senate, it has to go through to readings before debate can begin. Invoking cloture at the same time the Bill is presented to the Senate floor in essence locks out any possibility of debate over the bill and forces the vote to be on the Bill as it is. There's no opportunity to discuss amending or changing for the better any Bill once cloture is invoked.
 

Big Muddy rancher

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Oldtimer said:
Lonecowboy said:
Oldtimer said:
Tough Sh*t cause Reid has the majority-- and the election of just a few weeks ago gave his party a mandate over that other cult....

BUT guess what old Sessions did a few years ago before when he had a majority or an electoral mandate-- same damn thing....
And spent like a drunken sailor- except instead of putting money back into the US and the taxpayers benefit - he was funneling it into Bush's sandbox and building the GW Bush bridges and interstates of Iraq..... :(

Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......

Does this mean you would support Ryan Zinke over Max Baucus in the next election? :shock: :D

Never heard of Ryan Zinke :roll: ...

Guess your NOT the authority on Montana politics that you let on. :roll:

Ryan Zinke (born November 1, 1961) is a Republican member of the Montana Senate since 2009. He was elected to Senate District 2, representing Whitefish, Montana, in 2009 and 2011.[1] Zinke served as a U.S. Navy SEAL from 1985 to 2008, retiring with the rank of Commander. During his career as a SEAL, he served as a member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as SEAL Team Six).[2] He was awarded two Bronze Stars for active combat duty.[3] He received a BS from the University of Oregon, an MBA from National University, and an MS from the University of San Diego.[4]
 
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Anonymous

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Big Muddy rancher said:
Oldtimer said:
Lonecowboy said:
Does this mean you would support Ryan Zinke over Max Baucus in the next election? :shock: :D

Never heard of Ryan Zinke :roll: ...

Guess your NOT the authority on Montana politics that you let on. :roll:

Ryan Zinke (born November 1, 1961) is a Republican member of the Montana Senate since 2009. He was elected to Senate District 2, representing Whitefish, Montana, in 2009 and 2011.[1] Zinke served as a U.S. Navy SEAL from 1985 to 2008, retiring with the rank of Commander. During his career as a SEAL, he served as a member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as SEAL Team Six).[2] He was awarded two Bronze Stars for active combat duty.[3] He received a BS from the University of Oregon, an MBA from National University, and an MS from the University of San Diego.[4]

Whitefish is 400 miles and a whole other world away...
 

loomixguy

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It figures that the drunken old fool wouldn't even know what was going on in his home state...so how could he be expected to know ANYTHING about national politics?


Utterly pathetic......
 

Lonecowboy

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Oldtimer said:
Big Muddy rancher said:
Oldtimer said:
Never heard of Ryan Zinke :roll: ...

Guess your NOT the authority on Montana politics that you let on. :roll:

Ryan Zinke (born November 1, 1961) is a Republican member of the Montana Senate since 2009. He was elected to Senate District 2, representing Whitefish, Montana, in 2009 and 2011.[1] Zinke served as a U.S. Navy SEAL from 1985 to 2008, retiring with the rank of Commander. During his career as a SEAL, he served as a member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as SEAL Team Six).[2] He was awarded two Bronze Stars for active combat duty.[3] He received a BS from the University of Oregon, an MBA from National University, and an MS from the University of San Diego.[4]

Whitefish is 400 miles and a whole other world away...

I'm further from Whitefish than you are oldtimer and I've heard of him- and look at that resume, Navy Seal, bronze stars, state Senator, that sounds like a guy that cares for his country to me. Wouldn't you support him over maxi baucus?
 

okfarmer

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Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......

Never heard of Ryan Zinke :roll: ...

When you get rid of career politicians, you will have fresh faces that you will need to get to know each election. Since you've never heard of him, why the eye roll? If this is not another example of you really not wanting what you say you want, your explanation should be entertaining.
 

hopalong

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oldtimer can walk into the gov office unanounced ((((acccording to him)) yet he lives to far away from Whitefish to know of Zinke......
Of course Helena is only 350 miles from oldtimer so not another whole world :roll: :roll: :roll:

Eh oldwindbag
 

Steve

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okfarmer said:
Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......

Never heard of Ryan Zinke :roll: ...

When you get rid of career politicians, you will have fresh faces that you will need to get to know each election. Since you've never heard of him, why the eye roll? If this is not another example of you really not wanting what you say you want, your explanation should be entertaining.


I to would like to know the answer to that question as well.. it aught to be interesting..
 

Steve

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Oldtimer said:
Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......


It is often difficult to actually hold to principles in politics even for US voters.. but the one that bothers me the most is those who complain about the Washington mindset of the career politicians, yet vehemently oppose those working to solve that problem. and do nothing to get new candidates to the primaries.

so why vote for the same senator and congressman over and over again?
 

Lonecowboy

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okfarmer said:
Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......

Never heard of Ryan Zinke :roll: ...

When you get rid of career politicians, you will have fresh faces that you will need to get to know each election. Since you've never heard of him, why the eye roll? If this is not another example of you really not wanting what you say you want, your explanation should be entertaining.

:roll:
 

Steve

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Oldtimer said:
Steve said:
what no answer from OT yet?

What is the question?

The question was repeatedly quoted about a half dozen posts on this thread.. :roll:


but here it is .. Just in case you missed it, I bolded the question ..
okfarmer said:
Time to get rid of these old 20-30-40 year career politicians and their ego trips-- and get in some folks that care for the country over their elections/lobbyiest filled war chest.......


OldTimer said:
Never heard of Ryan Zinke :roll: ...

okfarmer said:
When you get rid of career politicians, you will have fresh faces that you will need to get to know each election. Since you've never heard of him, why the eye roll?
If this is not another example of you really not wanting what you say you want, your explanation should be entertaining.
 
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