Reid: GOP Can Avoid Rules Changes If They Confirm 7

[Stuart G]

Source: AP, Huffington Post

Charles Babington
1:50 pm Eastern

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that Republicans must confirm at least seven presidential appointees they've been blocking if they want to avoid a controversial change in Senate rules as early as this week.

A compromise deal to confirm fewer than those seven will not suffice, Reid said only hours before a planned bipartisan gathering on the deeply divisive issue.

The Nevada Democrat again threatened to change Senate rules to allow simple-majority votes for presidential nominees other than judges. Despite virulent protests by Republicans, Reid called the move "a minor change, no big deal."

Republicans have often delayed or blocked presidential nominees by using their filibuster powers, which allow 41 senators to block actions in the 100-member chamber. Many senators cherish rules and traditions that give minority members far more power than anything enjoyed by minority-party members of the House


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So, Will Harry Fold?
Or Will the Turtle Fold?
Or Will it be 5 and not 7?
What will it Be?

[upaloopa]

1. Just f...ing do it Reid!

Stop trying to make deals with the devil.

[Stuart G]

3. Excellent Point...The devil don't keep his word..eh?

[Warpy]

12. No, he's too much of a wimp to do anything

I hope the party manages to knock him off the dungheap in the next Congress. He's really got to go. He's let McConnell walk all over him for so long that he doesn't know how to be anything but a doormat.

[Mr. David]

2. Reid. No Deal. Nuke the Republicans FOR the rest of the session until '15 and beyond.

The Republicans will find themselves on the losing end of the rope.

Republican has never played a fair game. Ever.

[lark]

4. In other words

What is the state of Harry Reid's spine? Does he even have one? We're hoping it's there and quite functional, but evidence to date shows that it's non-existent. Woe until him if he capitulates once again, proving his utter spinlessness, and let's them off with 3 approvals, none of which will be Richard Cordray.

[Stuart G]

5. So ? It is all about Richard Cordray?....Yep, lark, who just posted figured it out.

Yep that is it....a strong figure to head the Consumer Protection Agency...yep....last thing the pukes want, the little guy to get some Consumer Protection from the banks, big pharma, big credit, big oil, etc...yep that is it..and I think Harry will cave, that is what it is all about..

[denverbill]

11. You are assuming all Senate Democrats want him there. I think that's debatable.

There are plenty of Dems in the bag for Wall Street as well.

[Stuart G]

13. Sadly, that is true too..

Some Dems are Dems in name only.

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. Ok 5.....4?.....3?.....2?

Ok at least the Senate groundkeeper who's contract is up.

[TDale313]

8. Yep, pretty much. n/t

[hobbit709]

7. Fuck that. No deals.

The pukes weren't willing to deal so they can get a taste of their own medicine now.

[vinny9698]

9. If the roles were reversed would the GOP just roll over?

The GOP would have done this the first year of the presidency.

[Phlem]

10. And Reid caves again.

it's fucking disgusting anymore.

-p

[Lasher]

14. Notice he already gave up judicial nominees.

Under similar circumstances during the Bush administration, Senate Republicans got a pass on judicial nominees.

[Phlem]

16. The dude's a loser

His actually harming the Democratic party instead of helping them. He's like some kind of right wing Mormon sleeper agent.

He needed to be gone years ago.



-p

[BornLooser]

15. 3-5 and pick 'em. Harry don't do DC hold 'em.

He's never the poker, always the poked, no confidence here, none at all. Prove me wrong, handsome.

[groundloop]

17. Gosh I wish I could play Harry in a high stakes poker game

I can read him every time. If he has a winning hand he folds, and the rest of the time he's bluffing.

[PufPuf23]

18. Harry Reid is a corporate and MIC tool and I hope he keeps his word

this time.

The Senate is already structured unbalanced to majority vote for protections of States. I do not think that the Founding Fathers foresaw the present imbalance.

We (Nation and Democratic Party) are far past the over exposed date on Harry Reid as Senate Leader or even Senator D-NV.

I would go so far as to say that Maya Miller (RIP) is still my choice for the Democratic NV Senate primary (Maya finished 2nd) back when Reid was first elected Senator-NV.

Diane Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi are past their expire date as well and do not have my respect but would vote for DiFi still another time given no other choice. DiFi's husband, Richard Blum, is a major war profiteer.

The Democratic Party can and should do better for The People, the USA, and the World, natural and human.

A start would be for Reid to hold to his word about changing the filibuster rule if the seven are not seated. I would go farther to say that the filibuster rule should be changed to simple majority if the Senate fails to approve another POTUS Obama appointee. Sheeesh Many of us Democrats are flabbergasted at some of the individuals POTUS Obama selects for positions.

[Tx4obama]

19. Kick n/t

[Fuddnik]

20. The human cave-in strikes again.

He's playing Kabuki Theater. Him and the Human Turtle will be out laughing and having a few drinks tofether later.

[wordpix]

21. first Reid says he'll bring on nuke option, now he says he won't if he can get 7 confirmations

WTF? Just do it for chrissake, geesh!

[Coyotl]

22. How about if they just promise to play nice sometime in the future?

Time to get rid of Harry and find a real leader!

[BainsBane]

23. WHEN will Harry Fold?

That's the question, not if.

[Stuart G]

24. He will Fold Soon..A link from Talking Points Memo..they're negotating as we speak:

Senators Hold Last Minute Talks to Avoid Nuclear Option


http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/senators-hold-last-minute-talks-to-avoid-nuclear-option.php


Read it for yourself...hold we say..., but Harry will fold..

and.......I sure hope I am wrong on this...and I will be glad and happy to admit it.

[wordpix]

25. 3 1/2 hr. and no deal, it's the same old same old & Harry just doesn't get it

These are not the gentlemen senators of old he's negotiating with, these are crooks and scoundrels and puppets of the 1% who don't want to share ANYTHING with the American people except to dump their wastes in our air, soil and water.

[on point]

26. Yep, Harry 'Fold-em' Reid. You would think someone from Nevada wouldn't get continually suckered!