Read more filibuster stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5896/filibuster.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:27:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74352/gop-traffic-jam-ploy-is-snarling-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate Democrats are starting to turn on each other like angry drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic thanks to Republican obstructionism, writes EJ Dionne. Republican senators are eating every word they once said against filibusterism and are stalling even legislation that they support in a Machiavellian effort to keep the Democrats...http://www.newser.com/story/74352/gop-traffic-jam-ploy-is-snarling-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 9:43:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74012/call-liebermans-bluff-make-him-filibuster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe filibuster is supposed to be a last resort. It allows the Senate minority, when it's willing to engage in endless debate—at the cost of holding up the chamber’s other business—to challenge legislation. But today, senators need only signal their intention to filibuster to stall a bill, and...http://www.newser.com/story/74012/call-liebermans-bluff-make-him-filibuster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 14:29:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73850/why-the-senate-health-bill-will-move-at-a-crawl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House version of the health bill galloped from introduction to passage in just 10 days, but the Senate's version won't be through until Christmas at the earliest. Suzy Khimm at the New Republic explains the reasons for the snail's pace. The Senate has to vote on a “motion to...http://www.newser.com/story/73850/why-the-senate-health-bill-will-move-at-a-crawl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 4:55:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73821/dems-should-embrace-a-health-care-filibuster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate is broken, writes Steven Pearlstein , its members so mired in dysfunction they don’t even realize how undemocratic current legislative practice is. The mere threat of a filibuster is enough to kill a bill, a fact that "violates the letter and spirit of the US Constitution." In the quest...http://www.newser.com/story/73821/dems-should-embrace-a-health-care-filibuster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 13:07:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73203/lieberman-wont-sink-health-reform-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget all the grandstanding about joining a GOP filibuster of health care reform if it contains any kind of public option: Sen. Joe Lieberman won't do it, Harry Reid tells liberal interest groups, who tell the Hill . He has a deal with the Connecticut Independent, the majority leader claims. Lieberman...http://www.newser.com/story/73203/lieberman-wont-sink-health-reform-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 8:43:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73122/liebermans-name-aint-benedict.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Lieberman’s taking a lot of heat for saying he’ll join a GOP filibuster of the health care bill, but Meghan McCain thinks it’s the kind of courageous stand we need more of in politics. “It’s no secret I have an aversion to partisan politics and extremism—on both sides...http://www.newser.com/story/73122/liebermans-name-aint-benedict.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 13:54:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72683/lieberman-threatens-filibuster-over-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Lieberman doesn't want a public option, and he warned today that he would join a Republican filibuster to try to prevent one from becoming law. The statement by the Democrat-turned-independent is bad news for Harry Reid's prospects of getting 60 votes in the Senate. Lieberman said he told Reid...http://www.newser.com/story/72683/lieberman-threatens-filibuster-over-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 14:08:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72036/gop-plans-stall-tactics-for-health-bill-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLacking the votes for a filibuster and increasingly resigned to the fact that Democrats will stand united, GOP senators have a novel strategy to stall the health care reform bill: They’re going to stall it however they can. The Democratic plan “is inconsistent with the American people,” says Richard Burr...http://www.newser.com/story/72036/gop-plans-stall-tactics-for-health-bill-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 13:02:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70628/only-the-president-can-save-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPretty soon, Barack Obama is going to have to step in and referee the fight over the public option. No matter what the squabbling Senate Finance Committee winds up agreeing on, it’ll be Obama, together with Harry Reid, who decides what the Senate ultimately votes on, and how that bill...http://www.newser.com/story/70628/only-the-president-can-save-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 10:08:10 CDT