Pathetic GOP ‘leader’ McConnell about to give filibuster deal to democrats. Massive push to curtail filibuster rule now on by green profiteers, unions, others, to finish ‘transformation’ of American civilization. ‘Massive liberal plan to remake American politics’

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1/16/13, “ATTN Gun Owners: McConnell & Reid Cutting Deal on the Filibuster,” Erick Erickson, RedState.com

“The Senate Republican Leader and Senate Democratic Leader are cutting a deal on the filibuster.

You may think it is over and done with, but it is not.

Harry Reid, through Senate procedure, has kept the first day of business in the Senate going on. This allows the rules of the Senate to be changed with just a majority vote if he decides to claim the Senate’s business does not continue and constitutes itself as a new body every two years (it’s a Parliamentary thing). Meanwhile, behind the scenes Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid are cutting a deal to drastically curtail the filibuster. The left is fully on board and gearing up for this fight because they think they can get gun control through the Senate and other liberal initiatives.

Don’t relax and say, “Oh well, we have the House,” because we may have the House, but John Boehner is in charge of it.

This is serious. Republicans should be prepared to fight as hard as they can and, should the Democrats use the so-called “nuclear” option, grind congress to a halt. Likewise, Senate Democrats should be reminded of the number of seats they have up for re-election in 2014.”

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Window until Jan.22 to curtail filibuster rule:

1/9/13, “Revealed: The Massive New Liberal Plan to Remake American Politics,” Mother Jones, Andy Kroll
 
“But the most pressing issue right now for Democracy Initiative members is Senate rules reform. At the December meeting, attendees heard from Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) on rule changes to curb the spiraling use of filibusters to block legislation. The use of

the filibuster has exploded in recent years,

and Republicans now block up-or-down votes on nearly everything in the Senate,

requiring Democrats to muster 60 votes to conduct even the most routine business.

Liberal groups in the Democracy Initiative want to fix that, and they used the December meeting to plan a coordinated push to urge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to rewrite the rules. Democrats have until January 22,

when the window closes on easy rules changes, to get the reforms they want….
A month after President Barack Obama won reelection, top brass from three dozen of the most powerful groups in liberal politics met at the headquarters of the National Education Association (NEA), a few blocks north of the White House.

Brought together by the

Sierra Club,
Greenpeace,
Communication Workers of America (CWA), and the
NAACP,

the meeting was invite-only and off-the-record. Despite all the Democratic wins in November, a sense of outrage filled the room as labor officials, environmentalists, civil rights 
activists, immigration reformers, and a panoply of other progressive leaders discussed the challenges facing the left….

Other attendees at the December meeting included top officials from the  

League of Conservation Voters,  
Friends of the Earth, Public Campaign, the
AFL-CIO, 
SEIU, 
Common Cause, 
Voto Latino,
the Demos think tank, Piper Fund,  
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, [CREW],
People for the American Way,  
National People’s Action,
National Wildlife Federation, the 
Center for American Progress, the  
United Auto Workers, and  
Color of Change. (A non-editorial employee of Mother Jones also attended.)

According to a schedule of the meeting, the attendees focused on opportunities for 2013.”…


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