Pathetic New Low: Sen. Mitch McConnell Filibusters His Own Bill

[Incorruptible]

The GOP didn't "nearly succeed." They spent well over a billion dollars, lost every swing state but one-and lost most of them by pretty significant margins. They lost seats in the House and lost seats in the Senate where 2/3 of the open seats were held by Democrats. Given the weak economy there really is no way to characterize the GOP election performance, as engineered by McConnell, as abysmal. I stand by my original point-I really don't see why or how the GOP hasn't removed him from his leadership role. He's neither performing the job for his party nor his country.

Just like obama who can't fix the economy because his policies dont work.

 

[blankslate]

Well....


You know your party in the Senate is abusing the filibuster when that party's leader

Filibusters a bill that he introduced....

 

[Paratus]

Just like obama who can't fix the economy because his policies dont work.

Has any Mod checke to see if this guy is really Craig trolling as a right winger? Nobody is this clueless.

 

[DucatiMonster696]

Wait Harry Reid and Senate Democrats did the same thing during the last debt ceiling discussion and only now the leftist are outraged?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...ats-enforce-filibuster-against-own-debt-bill/

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Can someone explain why he even proposed a vote? Was it a gross misunderstanding of what the rest of the Senate felt. I still can't understand what he was trying to achieve here.

 

[shadow9d9]

Wait Harry Reid and Senate Democrats did the same thing during the last debt ceiling discussion and only now the leftist are outraged?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...ats-enforce-filibuster-against-own-debt-bill/

"Leftists" only exist in your head.

 

[Incorruptible]

Wait Harry Reid and Senate Democrats did the same thing during the last debt ceiling discussion and only now the leftist are outraged?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...ats-enforce-filibuster-against-own-debt-bill/

So the democrats are also doing this but I dont see any of their supporters denouncing them. The democrats are the biggest hypocrites there are.

 

[Schmide]

Wait Harry Reid and Senate Democrats did the same thing during the last debt ceiling discussion and only now the leftist are outraged?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...ats-enforce-filibuster-against-own-debt-bill/

Not even close to the same thing dude? Such a misleading link. One is a filibuster, the other is a procedural clock. The republicans were the ones filibustering in that story, the democrats were only saying if you want to filibuster were going to make you do it on the floor for the entire time the bill is up for review.

 

[Jhhnn]

Wait Harry Reid and Senate Democrats did the same thing during the last debt ceiling discussion and only now the leftist are outraged?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...ats-enforce-filibuster-against-own-debt-bill/

More of the usual false equivalency. When the vote occurred, Reid voted for his proposal. He merely postponed rather than prevented the vote, following Senate procedure. McConnell never intended for his own proposal to ever get a vote, and it likely won't, because he'll prevent it. If it does, he'll vote against it.

Where's his proposal today?

He's just posturing, revealing his lack of sincerity.