I hope he burns in hell.
Gun Owners of America
Harry Reid Moves to Destroy the Senate Rules that are Blocking Passage of Gun Control
Youcan’t be “just a little bit pregnant.”
Similarly, you can’t cheat “just a little.”
Once you have madeit clear that you are willing to break the rules in order to win, the rules are meaningless.
So it is with some alarm that we note that Harry Reid-- in an exercise of raw power --intends within the next week to try to openly break the Senate rules in order to confirm all pending Executive Branch nominees.
Youmay remember that, at the beginning of the year, Reid made the specious argument that you couldchange the rules at the beginning of a two-year congressional session -- andonly at the beginning of the congressionalsession.
Well, we areno longer at the start of the term.
Aquarter of the 113th Congress hadnow come and gone. And even the pseudo-intellectual arguments for obliterating the Senate rules are gone.
This is an exercise in raw political power. This is an effort by Reid to say: “I can cheat whenever I want. And no one can stop me.”
The first showdown case will occur over efforts to fill the National Labor Relations Board. You may remember that Obama was slapped down by the courts for appointing these “members” as “recess appointments” when Congress wasn’t in recess.
Now, having been caught cheating, Obama and Reid are threatening to tip over the chess board in order to confirm these illegal“recess appointments.”
But that’s just the beginning.
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Once it is impossible to filibuster Executive Branch appointments, Obama willsoon carry through on his word to slam through a rabidly anti-gun zealot to headthe ATF.
And does anyone think that the Senate would comply with the niceties of the rules it has obliterated --if what was at stake was an anti-gun zealot nominated to the Supreme Court in order to overturn the Heller and McDonald decisions?
Finally, it is just not credible for Reid to say: “I’m going to cheat. But I’m going to define the way in which I cheat to limit my cheating to this narrow.
http://cqrcengage.com/gunowners/app...Id=10894&communicationId=121337&edrId=2462441
Allyear, MSNBC has been whining that Democrat gun control has been thwarted by the Senate filibuster rules.
If the Senate’s filibuster rules are obliterated, you can be sure that the Toomey-Manchin amendment --with its universalgun registries -- wouldsoon be brought upagain and passed.
Gun owners should realize that the Feinstein gun andmagazine bans lost by such a large margin only because a lot of anti-gun senators knew they would not muster the 60 votes needed. If there were a 50-vote margin -- and their votes made a difference --many of these anti-gunners wouldswitch their votes andpass Feinstein.
So the reason gun control did not pass is because the Senate rules allowing us to filibuster it. They may seem dry and boring, but the question of whether we win or lose will depend on them.
ACTION: Contact Your Senator. Tell him to oppose Harry Reid’s “cheat scheme” to violate the Senate rules in order to change the Senate rules.
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Gun Owners of America
Harry Reid Moves to Destroy the Senate Rules that are Blocking Passage of Gun Control
Youcan’t be “just a little bit pregnant.”
Similarly, you can’t cheat “just a little.”
Once you have madeit clear that you are willing to break the rules in order to win, the rules are meaningless.
So it is with some alarm that we note that Harry Reid-- in an exercise of raw power --intends within the next week to try to openly break the Senate rules in order to confirm all pending Executive Branch nominees.
Youmay remember that, at the beginning of the year, Reid made the specious argument that you couldchange the rules at the beginning of a two-year congressional session -- andonly at the beginning of the congressionalsession.
Well, we areno longer at the start of the term.
Aquarter of the 113th Congress hadnow come and gone. And even the pseudo-intellectual arguments for obliterating the Senate rules are gone.
This is an exercise in raw political power. This is an effort by Reid to say: “I can cheat whenever I want. And no one can stop me.”
The first showdown case will occur over efforts to fill the National Labor Relations Board. You may remember that Obama was slapped down by the courts for appointing these “members” as “recess appointments” when Congress wasn’t in recess.
Now, having been caught cheating, Obama and Reid are threatening to tip over the chess board in order to confirm these illegal“recess appointments.”
But that’s just the beginning.
http://cqrcengage.com/gunowners/app...Id=10894&communicationId=121337&edrId=2462441
Once it is impossible to filibuster Executive Branch appointments, Obama willsoon carry through on his word to slam through a rabidly anti-gun zealot to headthe ATF.
And does anyone think that the Senate would comply with the niceties of the rules it has obliterated --if what was at stake was an anti-gun zealot nominated to the Supreme Court in order to overturn the Heller and McDonald decisions?
Finally, it is just not credible for Reid to say: “I’m going to cheat. But I’m going to define the way in which I cheat to limit my cheating to this narrow.
http://cqrcengage.com/gunowners/app...Id=10894&communicationId=121337&edrId=2462441
Allyear, MSNBC has been whining that Democrat gun control has been thwarted by the Senate filibuster rules.
If the Senate’s filibuster rules are obliterated, you can be sure that the Toomey-Manchin amendment --with its universalgun registries -- wouldsoon be brought upagain and passed.
Gun owners should realize that the Feinstein gun andmagazine bans lost by such a large margin only because a lot of anti-gun senators knew they would not muster the 60 votes needed. If there were a 50-vote margin -- and their votes made a difference --many of these anti-gunners wouldswitch their votes andpass Feinstein.
So the reason gun control did not pass is because the Senate rules allowing us to filibuster it. They may seem dry and boring, but the question of whether we win or lose will depend on them.
ACTION: Contact Your Senator. Tell him to oppose Harry Reid’s “cheat scheme” to violate the Senate rules in order to change the Senate rules.
http://cqrcengage.com/gunowners/app...Id=10894&communicationId=121337&edrId=2462441
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