This past week, the senate minority leader Mitch McConnell became the first U.S. Senator in American History to filibuster his own bill, which he submitted in the well of the Senate chambers. He offered to give President Obama the authority to unilaterally raise the nation's federal debt ceiling while hoping no Democrats would vote for it and at the same time embaress them as well.
Unfortunately, McConnell's scheme backfired, when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called his bluff and accepted the bill that was being presented. Harry Reid then requested an Up or Down vote for this bill. McConnell immediately filibustered his own bill, because he realized it was the only piece of leverage that the GOP could try to use against a re-elected popular President of the United States.
http://seekingadventurequest.blogspot.com/
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
No comments:
Post a Comment