Washington Post: Senate Democrats won an historic vote to eliminate filibusters for most presidential nominations weakening the power of the Republican minority in an increasingly partisan legislative body.
Washington Post: Senate Democrats won an historic vote to eliminate filibusters for most presidential nominations weakening the power of the Republican minority in an increasingly partisan legislative body.
Saying that “enough is enough,” President Obama welcomed the end of what he called the abuse of the Senate’s advise and consent function, which he said had turned into “a reckless and relentless tool” to grind the gears of government to a halt.
While “neither party has been blameless for these tactics,” Obama said in a statement to reporters at the White House, “today’s pattern of obstruction . . . just isn’t normal; it’s not what our founders envisioned.” He cited filibusters against executive branch appointments and judicial nominees on grounds that he said were based simply on opposition to “the policies that the American people voted for in the last election.”
