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Honeycombe8

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3. Well, that's a way to go. I'm not familiar enuf w/the rules to know if these are good.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 04:40 PM

Sep 2018

They sound good, but I'm not sure.

It sound to me like the Republican would be hurt more by the rules changes, since the Democrats do these things most of the time, anyway. The Dems accepted almost 200 Republican amendments to Obamacare, in return for....not even one Republican vote for it.

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15 Members Pledge to Withhold Speaker Vote Without Rule Changes [View all] brooklynite Sep 2018 OP

Interesting Sherman A1 Sep 2018 #1

They may be on to something. If Dems take back either the House and/or Senate, they would alwaysinasnit Sep 2018 #2

So, when Democrats gain control, ChiTownDenny Sep 2018 #5

What I meant was that I would like to see some of the congressional rules reformed to, at the alwaysinasnit Sep 2018 #6

+ 1 ChiTownDenny Sep 2018 #9

Instead of curbing future Supreme Court thefts... DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #12

Same thing I was thinking Farmer-Rick Sep 2018 #11

+ 1 ChiTownDenny Sep 2018 #17

I was thinking more along the lines of Mr.Bill Sep 2018 #14

HA! ChiTownDenny Sep 2018 #16

Sure, that's how compromise works - Dems give a little, and Russiapublicans lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #18

Well, that's a way to go. I'm not familiar enuf w/the rules to know if these are good. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #3

Perhaps a break in working together truly to solve the complex issues of the day. One ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #4

Bipartisanship...what is that? BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #7

hmmm , now that the democratic party looks like winning, some republicans want to do bipartisanship Mr. Sparkle Sep 2018 #8

I may be wrong, but I am very skeptical and suspicious of this. NBachers Sep 2018 #10

so basically only meaningful qazplm135 Sep 2018 #13

I like the sound of this. summer_in_TX Sep 2018 #15