Filibuster on Townhall

• Democracy's New Discontents Thu Oct 6
  Victor Davis Hanson
• Congress' dysfunction long in the making Sat Oct 1
  AP News
• Senate deal should avert government shutdown Mon Sep 26
  AP News
• On spending, Congress can't agree on easy stuff Mon Sep 26
  AP News
• Making Mitch The Majority Leader: The Senate Candidates To Back Thu Aug 4
  Hugh Hewitt
  "Both GOP congressional leaders emerged with enhanced reputations," concluded Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal today. And depending on who you ask, he is absolutely correct. ... more
• Spare Us the Sermons, Mr. President Thu Aug 4
  Victor Davis Hanson
  During the recent debt crisis, President Obama talked about the need for bipartisan compromise and, as in the past, urged civility. ... more
• Pathetic: Senate Kills Boehner Plan, Reid Obstructs His Own Bill Fri Jul 29
  Guy Benson
• In a Weak Economy, New Taxes Make No Sense Fri Jul 8
  Donald Lambro
  The demonstrably false party line being peddled by President Obama and the Democrats in the budget battle is that tax increases must be a large part of the deal because corporations and the rich don't pay their fair share. ... more
• In Senate, Eye-For-An-Eye Filibuster Stops Democratic Nominee Tue May 24
  Byron York
  If there's one place where what goes around comes around, it's the U.S. Senate. Goodwin Liu, the Berkeley law professor nominated by President Obama to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, is the latest to learn that lesson. ... more
• Audio; Mitch McConnell Defends Liu Filibuster, Rips NLRB Over Boeing Fri May 20
  Guy Benson
• The Return of the Filibuster Fri May 20
  Hugh Hewitt
  On Thursday, May 19 Senate Republicans refused to vote for cloture in sufficient numbers to allow the Senate to move to the consideration of the nomination of Berkeley Law School Professor Goodwin Liu's nomination to became a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. ... more
• BREAKING: Senate Blocks Radical Obama Nominee Goodwin Liu Thu May 19
  Guy Benson
• Radical Obama Judicial Appointee Faces Key Senate Vote Today Thu May 19
  Guy Benson
• Republicans Filibuster Liu Thu May 19
  Washington, DC
  Obama's controversial nominee faces uphill battle. ... more
• Time to Fight: Stop Goodwin Liu Wed May 18
  Mario Diaz
  "To everything there is a season," says Ecclesiastes 3:1, and the time for Republican senators to fight on judicial nominations is now! ... more
• Poll Shows Voters of All Stripes Oppose More Gun Control Tue Mar 1
  Brad O'Leary
  Since the tragedy in Tucson, Arizona on January 8, Americans’ desire for their Second Amendment rights show no signs of weakening. ... more
• Wis. Democrats filibuster to halt anti-union bill Wed Feb 23
  AP News
• Wis. Democrats filibuster to halt anti-union bill Wed Feb 23
  AP News
• For (and Against) the Filibuster Tue Jan 25
  Paul Greenberg
  Any discussion of whether to end, mend, or generally fiddle with the filibuster might well begin by trying to understand what it is, and why such a practice developed in the U.S. Senate. ... more
• House GOP Begins Long Drive to Dismantle Obamacare Mon Jan 24
  Byron York
  Everyone knows House Republicans (along with three Democrats) voted on Jan. 19 to repeal Obamacare. But fewer people know what those same House Republicans -- this time, with more than a dozen Democrats -- did on Jan. 20. ... more
• Vt. Sen. Sanders to publish book on filibuster Thu Jan 20
  AP News
• Fight for the Filibuster Thu Jan 13
  Ed Feulner
  “Filibuster” is not a dirty word. ... more
• On China, Tucson, Delta, Chicago, Illinois, Reid, Etc. Thu Jan 13
  Ross Mackenzie
  How's it going in the new year? Let's see.... ... more
• The Constitution Did Not Condone Slavery Mon Jan 10
  Ken Blackwell
  Abraham Lincoln revered the Constitution and said that the fact that it nowhere mentioned the words slavery, slave, African, or Negro was a silent but powerful admission that the Founders were ashamed of the existence of slavery ... more
• Democrats Pursuing a New "Nuclear Option" on Filibuster Wed Jan 5
  Guy Benson
  Senate Democrats all share a common aim: Reforming the chamber's filibuster rules and eroding Republicans' ability to impede their legislative agenda. ... more
• How a Bill Really Becomes Law Wed Jan 5
  Rich Galen
  In the Senate there are no known rules, so a bill comes to the floor when the Majority Leader decides to bring it to the floor. ... more

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