Hoyer: GOP 'abusing' Senate rules to block Democrats' bills

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/81465-hoyer-gop-abusing-senate-rules-to-block-dems-bills

Republicans are guilty of "abusing" Senate rules to block pieces of legislation, the second-ranking House Democrat charged Wednesday.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said the Senate is "broken," while absolving Democratic leaders in the Senate of culpability for slow-moving legislation.

"I believe the Senate is broken. I don't think it's Harry Reid's fault, the Democratic leader," Hoyer said during an appearance on MSNBC. "What I think it is is the Republican leadership has determined that failure and gridlock are to its political benefit, and as a result, we've had more requests for cloture or filibuster votes than at any time in history."


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"Frankly, the Republican leadership is abusing a process which was used relatively infrequently in the '60s and '70s and even the '80s and '90s, but has escalated the usage of this requirement that every move of the Senate requires 60 votes," he said.

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1. Gee Steny it took you this long

to figure out what was so painfully obvious to any casual observer since 1/22/09?

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2. Poor baby doesn't know how to actually get things done

reverts to complaining about the opposition.

LAME, time to let a new person take the job there Steeenny