Comments on: Senator Shelby and the Blanket Holds http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Thu, 31 May 2012 02:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Senate Holds, Filibusters, and the “Nuclear” Option | The Focal Points http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/comment-page-1/#comment-251215 Senate Holds, Filibusters, and the “Nuclear” Option | The Focal Points Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:17:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/#comment-251215 [...] of flexible principles who has served as both a Democrat and a Republican, reportedly adopted the blanket holds in an attempt to compel the Administration to award certain defense contracts to his home state of [...] [...] of flexible principles who has served as both a Democrat and a Republican, reportedly adopted the blanket holds in an attempt to compel the Administration to award certain defense contracts to his home state of [...]

]]> By: fredcpa1962 http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/comment-page-1/#comment-250455 fredcpa1962 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:03:30 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/#comment-250455 i actually LIKE the fact that the senate can grind a freight-trian reckless "BIG" government to a halt. i think senator schumer would agree:<br>The Senate has conducted itself by its own rules for decades and centuries. Those rules, by the design of the founding fathers, written into the constitution, talk about the Senate as being a preserve of minority rights. The founding fathers called it the cooling saucer. <br><br><a href="http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=260941" rel="nofollow">http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cf...</a><br><br>i work in DC, everyday. right now, today in my office. 10 hours so far today. and the entire government is shut down. i have felt safer today, than i have in a long time. i actually LIKE the fact that the senate can grind a freight-trian reckless “BIG” government to a halt. i think senator schumer would agree:
The Senate has conducted itself by its own rules for decades and centuries. Those rules, by the design of the founding fathers, written into the constitution, talk about the Senate as being a preserve of minority rights. The founding fathers called it the cooling saucer.

http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cf…

i work in DC, everyday. right now, today in my office. 10 hours so far today. and the entire government is shut down. i have felt safer today, than i have in a long time.

]]> By: Senate Holds, Filibusters, and the “Nuclear” Option | Secrecy News http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/comment-page-1/#comment-250377 Senate Holds, Filibusters, and the “Nuclear” Option | Secrecy News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:23:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/#comment-250377 [...] of flexible principles who has served as both a Democrat and a Republican, reportedly adopted the blanket holds in an attempt to compel the Administration to award certain defense contracts to his home state of [...] [...] of flexible principles who has served as both a Democrat and a Republican, reportedly adopted the blanket holds in an attempt to compel the Administration to award certain defense contracts to his home state of [...]

]]> By: New Cat http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/comment-page-1/#comment-250200 New Cat Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:19:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/#comment-250200 Very good article. Bravo! You explained the processes so well. Thanks Very good article. Bravo! You explained the processes so well. Thanks

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/comment-page-1/#comment-250118 JSpencer Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:38:00 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/#comment-250118 Yup, this is another case of democracy taking a backseat to extortion. Back in the olden days there might have been a duel. Could you imagine, Shelby and Reid going mano a mano! ;-) I want fisticuffs!!! To hell with cowardly obstructionist politics! Yup, this is another case of democracy taking a backseat to extortion. Back in the olden days there might have been a duel. Could you imagine, Shelby and Reid going mano a mano! ;-) I want fisticuffs!!! To hell with cowardly obstructionist politics!

]]> By: imavettoo http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/comment-page-1/#comment-250096 imavettoo Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:49:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/62129/senator-shelby-and-the-blanket-holds/#comment-250096 I think the better classification would be BLACKMAIL! I think the better classification would be BLACKMAIL!

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