11-13-2016, 11:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2016, 12:06 AM by Galen.
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(11-13-2016, 05:03 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:(11-13-2016, 03:49 PM)Anthony Wrote: How would getting rid of the IRS and going to a national sales tax violate the Norquist Pledge?
And besides, it turns out that McConnell can only end the filibuster on sub-Supreme Court judgeship nominations - and technically, they can use budget reconciliation to repeal the subsidies etc., of ObamaCare, but not to repeal the pre-existing conditions waiver, or even the individual mandate.
The Filibuster is an artifact of the Senate Rules. As such with a New Congress convening in January the Rules Committee can scrap the filibuster if they decide to. I think that they won't though simply because the GOP realizes that one day it will be in the minority again.
I made that point at the time Democrats changed the rules and I have been amused by how hard that is biting them in the ass now. Even many Democrats realize that Obozocare is done. If they are smart then they will negotiate to save what they can.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises