Reid uses "Nuclear Option" to stop Jobs Act vote

I thought the Nuclear Option had already been used in the health care debate, but I guess not.

To avoid a vote on President Obama's jobs bill Thursday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid invoked a procedural motion that could change the way the Senate operates for years to come. It may not sound sexy, but the gist of last night's high-parliamentary drama was this: The majority party in the Senate now may have a new power to cut off motions to suspend the rules.

In one move, Reid abandoned years of precedent in the Senate and essentially cut off one of the minority party's most powerful weapons. It's a high-risk tactic, though, since Reid may have set the chamber on a course that could undermine his own party if Republicans one day become the majority in the Senate. A future Republican majority leader could easily point to Reid's gambit and deny Democrats the same ability to introduce their own amendments.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/reid-uses-nuclear-option-senate-setting-stage-more-140312605.html

lol I hope it does backfire on Harry Reid. Too bad he isn't up for election in 2012.

And Harry refuses to put Obama's own "Jobs" bill on the floor for a vote too. Why doesn't Obama ever go after the Nevada senator for that, like he does house Republicans?

You just can't make this stuff up. The party standing in the way of having a vote on the president's job bill, which he has been chanting "Pass this bill" for going on a month with every breath he takes, is the same one the president belongs to and not his arch rivals the Republicans. How can he hope to inspire a nation if he can't even herd the cats in his own party?

Gee, PS, you make it sound as if the Senate Democrats are fighting against the President, when that's actually not true.

The argument originally started on the Senate floor tonight over the China currency bill, which ironically enough enjoys bipartisan support. Earlier Thursday it received 79 votes on one procedural motion and 62 votes – two more than necessary – to cut off debate.

But Republicans sought to add as amendments to the China currency bill two measures on which Democrats did not want to vote – one was on the President’s jobs bill, which they hope to change, and another was from Senator Mike Johanns, R-NE., to block EPA rules on farm dust.

Yeah, it's easy for you to make stuff up.

just for you Kate;
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And just for you, Outdoor - I don't get my news from videos.

Kate, just for you..you ever watch the news? The interviews are in video :VeryScared:

Kate wrote: Gee, PS, you make it sound as if the Senate Democrats are fighting against the President, when that's actually not true.

The argument originally started on the Senate floor tonight over the China currency bill, which ironically enough enjoys bipartisan support. Earlier Thursday it received 79 votes on one procedural motion and 62 votes – two more than necessary – to cut off debate.

But Republicans sought to add as amendments to the China currency bill two measures on which Democrats did not want to vote – one was on the President’s jobs bill[/size], which they hope to change, and another was from Senator Mike Johanns, R-NE., to block EPA rules on farm dust.

Yeah, it's easy for you to make stuff up.

What??? The dems did not want to vote on the Jobs bill.....

Let me see if I have this straight. The Democrats in the Senate blocked an amendment to vote on the president's job bill, the one he has been exhorting Congress to pass at every opportunity for the past month, because they want to change it. Obama doesn't want his jobs bill changed, he wants it passed - right now - time's a'wastin. The folks in this country are hanging on paycheck to paycheck, remember? We haven't got time to wait for the next election, we need to pass this bill now, right? The Republicans in the Senate wanted to do just that - have a vote on the president's bill. The reason that Reid blocked that vote is that he knew it would be the president's own party that caused that vote to fail, which is the exact same reason that the Republicans wanted the vote to be held - the president's own party would be the one that defeated his jobs bill.

outdoor338 wrote: Kate, just for you..you ever watch the news? The interviews are in video :VeryScared:

No, I do not watch the news nor do I watch TV.