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Key Democratic Senator Will Oppose Efforts To End Filibusters Of Obama Nominations
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| Last Edited | Imperator Jul 16, 2013 07:47am |
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| Author | John Stanton |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON — Sen. Carl Levin Tuesday said he will oppose Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to end filibusters of President Obama’s nominees, saying he cannot support an effort by the majority to change the Senate’s rules by “fiat.”
Angered by Republican filibusters, Reid is threatening to use an end-run around the chamber’s arcane debate rules to use a simple majority to change those same rules: something that has been dubbed the “nuclear option.”
“Do I favor changing the rule about executive appointments getting a vote? You betcha … I want to change the rule, but not by fiat. Not by breaking a rule that says it takes two thirds of the Senate to end debate on a rules change,” Levin told reporters during a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.
Levin accused both parties of hypocrisy. Republicans’ “position is totally inconsistent … but our position as Democrats is totally inconsistent.”
“I cannot support this … I’ve been clear with my leader,” Levin added, noting that when Republicans sought to make similar changes to judicial nominations Reid and other Democrats vocally opposed that effort. “Now the leaders are in the position of flipping their positions … I can’t just now say, ‘ok, we’re in the majority. So now it’s ok,’” Levin said. |
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