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Fox News: "President Obama, openly expressing his frustration with Senate Republicans, applauded Majority Leader Harry Reid's success Thursday at invoking the so-called "nuclear option" as Democrats voted to strip the minority party of its primary power to block nominations -- the filibuster."

"Obama, even invoking former President Bush, said it's critical to "change the way that Washington is doing business."

"But Republicans and even some Democrats warned that the Senate may have just opened a Pandora's box -- and with little debate, approved a change that could haunt the chamber for years to come."

"This was nothing more than a power grab," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.



Reid, what a ******!

Back off guys.

Democrats will line up to bash this move just like when the repubs threatened to do this........










Just wait.













Hold your breath................






















Um....

Republicans forced this. They refuse to do their jobs which is legislate, not block every single thing Obama tries to get done and shut down the government when they don't get their way. You can thank the Tea Party for this.

Stephen.


They've comfirmed 259 nominations this year and rejected 2.

He's taking his ball like a little bitch and running home crying. And YOU ARE BUYING IT.

Filibuster, to a large extent, is b.s. for poor sports on both sides. I am withholding judgment until there is a Republican majority to see if they overturn the vote. If not, they will be equally culpable.

House Republican Senators one day overturning this vote would be a fair response how?... and it won't happen, anyway. You know it as well as I.

If the nuclear option is further expanded the next time Republicans get control of the Senate (experts predict this will happen, and Senate Republicans have indicated this would be the plan if they (Democrats)passed these rule changes), why, then, would you not hold accountable the folks (Harry Reid and Senate Democrats in 2013)who changed the rules, and opened up this can of worms in the first place?

This is an unprecedented power grab by Democrats in the Senate. They will regret this, because it changes everything, forever. That is the cold hard reality, here. There's no turning back once we head down this slippery slope.

While your filling us up with historical figures Stephen why don't you tell Us how many POTUS had appointments " step down " because they were TOO corrupt to hold their appointed position? I do NOT for the life of me know how you can continue to support this corrupt administration.....just because you voted for the man doesn't mean you have to keep supporting his failed Presidency and his corrupt cabinet of F*ck- ups....Tea Party's fault my AZZ. Leave it to your liberal **** for brains and you WON'T enjoy the freedom to air your opinion much longer....let alone other " Rights " given you under The Constitution of The United States!!!

And there you have it. The reason they did what they did. I love how republicans have convinced the middle and lower classes that they are for them. When all they really do is vote to keep the rich rich and everyone else right where they are. Welcome to the crab bucket mentality. You don't have to put a lid on a bucket of crabs because the crabs themselves will make sure no one escapes. How dare someone who needs help get helped with our tax dollars. Don't people know that our tax dollars are for the rich corporations?

Count me in the group against corporate hand outs.

But, explain to me how guaranteeing income to someone gives them any incentive to go out and find a job instead of having more children?

Explain to me how giving away multiple phones to someone instead of telling them to find a job helps them?

Explain to me how guaranteeing unemployment benefits to someone for 2 years or more provides incentive to go find a job.

Explain how the Democratic Party is helping these people out of poverty.

All involved were unrelenting and closed minded including all those mentined above. That is the issue.

The D's caved when the Rs threatened this, the R's didn't cave when the D's threatened this.

LOL on the rock and roll.

I'm paraphrasing an idea from someone not well liked in here but none hte less I like it.

How about an Amendment that says every congressman in any given congress in which the conress does not pass a balanced budget can not run for reelection?

If balanced is too hard at first try something close.

Everyone always reverts to the lowest common denominator when making these arguments. Yes there are ALWAYS going to be people that game the system. That's all any news channel will ever show. What you won't see are the thousands of people who use these programs like food stamps etc to give them a leg up while they work hard to pull themselves out of poverty and go on to become productive members of society. Even people with jobs who get up every day and work hard aren't making ends meet. Look at the story of the Walmart employee's donating food for other employee's so that they can have a decent Thanksgiving. I will always be on the side of using our tax dollars to help other people who aren't as fortunate as others rather than see it go to corporations where the bosses give themselves huge bonuses and golden parachute's while they barely or in some cases like Walmart don't pay a living wage to their employee's. I'm not arguing that the Democrats have all the answer's. I'm just saying they are the lesser of two evils. No president in the history of the Republic has ever inherited a mess like the one that was dropped into Obama's lap. No president has ever been treated with more disrespect or outright open hostility from the very beginning.

So you feel it's ok to create and perpetuate a system that ties a persons hand to the government trough?

A living wage? Where does the constitution guarantee a living wage? Perhaps these downtrodden you speak of could pull themselves up and improve their marketability instead of relying on a handout to keep them afloat.

As far as inheriting a mess. Bush did leave the country with about an 8 Trillion dollar debt that began accumulating a long time ago. In fact, it took 50-60 years to get to that point. Obama has doubled it in 5 years.

Yessir... I'd like an answer to these questions as well. Those people (receiving the handouts) are going to vote for the person providing them... democrats are buying their votes with the taxpayers money. Sad, but true.

Giving them just enough to barely survive, but enough to suck the will to improve themselves right out of them. Keeping them right under the thumb of "the man".

Clarify please. This should be interesting.



There is an entire culture which games the system.



What channel? This is that 800 lb gorilla in the room that everyone sees, but refuses to address.


So we give to millions to help thousands. The program you speak of hasn't been close to being marginally effective at pulling anyone from the jaws of poverty. But, it's a great way to bankrupt a nation.


Oh well. It's not government's job to make everyone prosperous. Prosperity is a function of hard work and innovation.


Charity starts at home. As not what your country can do for you....


With very, very, very rare exception would I ever be in favor of corporate welfare. But with all due respect, Walmart's money is there's to spend, not yours to dictate. If someone doesn't want to work for what ever you consider a non-living wage, then they should prepare themselves with a great education. Entry level jobs should NEVER be considered as security with which to raise a family or provide retirement security.


Sure you are. Do I need to drag up previous quotes?


And he has done absolutely nothing at all that will lead us to the promised land. He has done nothing but expand the government teet since he was elected.



Hope and Change. One rubs another's face in crap and you expect them to smile and ask for more.

Is it a good or bad thing to be on that list?


I'm just get tired of hearing people apologize for others prosperity or lack thereof. I'm not anywhere near the 1%. But, I'm COMPLETELY responsible for my own quality of life. About 30 years ago I signed up for unemployment. When they told me how much my benefits were I told them to shred the application. A few days later I had a better paying job than the one I was FIRED from.

Nowadays you've got a whole culture that lives on the dole. Why go out and get a job when you can get $2-3k a month in handouts while living in a house that's paid for while your un-married baby's daddy lives with you and has a decent paying job?

Something tells me he has brought this on himself.
He lied about Obamacare, Benghazi, NSA Wiretapping, etc. And he doesn't even know what his own administration is doing.
Transparency…LMMFAO!!! He sealed his own records. There has been nothing transparent about the 'O', what he has or has not done. A black sheet has been draped over all of it to keep as much away from the American people as possible.

The truth shall set you free.

Hillary is gonna blame everything on Obama?!

they should get one of those easy buttons..

Oh you are so adorable with your optimism for the Republicans!