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Report: Reid Short on Votes for 'Filibuster Reform'

dfrum Wrote: Nov 13, 2012 4:43 PM
I would like to see the GOP make a point of repealing Medicare Prescription or raise revenue to PAY for it. That is the fiscally conservative thing to do. Also some revenue mechanism needs to be put in place to pay for all the costs incurred in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm sick to my stomach that so many Americans sacrificed and died over there while 99% of Americans simply watched it on TV, enjoyed a tax cut and went shopping.
Tammy117 Wrote: Nov 13, 2012 5:34 PM
Maybe and here is just a wild idea....just MAYBE we should look into cutting ENTITLEMENTS. You know, the lazy people who collect welfare and then More welfare when they have more kids. You know, the ones who use their welfare money to buy drugs and booze instead of feeding their kids.
Becca in TX Wrote: Nov 13, 2012 4:54 PM
dfrum-What we need is more taxpayers-people with jobs.

An important update to this report from last week -- it appears that Harry Reid is struggling to cobble together the requisite 51 votes to nuke long-standing minority prerogatives in the Senate:
 

Democrats don’t have the 51 votes they need in the Senate to change filibuster rules that could make it harder for the GOP minority to wield power in the upper chamber. Lawmakers leading the charge acknowledge they remain short, but express optimism they’ll hit their goal. “I haven’t counted 51 just yet, but we’re working,” said Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), a leading...

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