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Daschle Doesn't Really Give a Damn About Majority Rule
Former senator Daschle argues in the WSJ that the senate should use reconciliation to get a healthcare bill past a filibuster, and should talk about (as opposed to caring about) "majority rule." If Daschle gave a damn about majority rule he would support gathering up 51 senators and ending the filibuster rule. But no, he'd LIKE for representatives of 12 percent of Americans to be able to block some bills in the future, especially if a different party is in charge. And this is a key reason why a different party is likely to be in charge sooner rather than later. Can anybody me one honest reason for keeping the filibuster rule in place but squeezing this one bill past it.
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The Senate, as you have pointed out before, is basically an undemocratic institution which should be abolished. The reason they are not interested in doing away with the filibuster is because they don't want democratic laws, changes or reforms like single-payer healthcare. With the filibuster they can keep blaming the bad guys on the other team in this case the Republicans or the bad guys on their own team, the Blue Dogs, for the complete lack of legislative accountability to the very real human needs of our people.
Nick Egnatz, Munster, Indiana
Veterans For Peace
So, we are all going to work real hard to vote all these guys out and replace them with real progressives, right?IBETT