Filibuster Reform

WE NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE YES OR NO

We need to break the “”60 Vote”” rule to bring bills to an up or down vote---if you disagree with the bill---then vote no ON THE BILL---DO NOT stop the debate!!!

***Bills that GOP would not allow up or down vote on (BY THE WAY I THOUGHT GOP AGENDA WAS “”JOBS JOBS JOBS””)

From Tom Harkin “”In the last two Congresses, consider just some of the measures blocked by the minority – measures that received majority support on a cloture vote:

the DREAM ACT,

the Bring Jobs Home Act,

the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act,

the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012,

the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act,

the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act,

the American Jobs Act of 2011,

the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act,

the Paycheck Fairness Act, and

the Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act.

Senator Tom Harkin on Filibuster Reform (picture from Filibuster Statement)

Senator Tom Harkin interview on Filibuster Reform

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbUKzEfbVYI

Senator Tom Harkin on Filibuster

http://www.harkin.senate.gov/documents/pdf/4d24b42007d71.pdf

Senator Tom Harkin Statement on Filibuster Reform

http://www.harkin.senate.gov/press/release.cfm?i=339395

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r104:./temp/~r104HJHPZN


[FROM QUAD-CITY TIMES, NOV. 22, 1994]

Harkin Keeps His Promise

Two months ago, Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa expressed dismay at the way Republicans had repeatedly blocked legislation that was supported by a majority of the Senate.

ARTICLES AND INFO ON FILIBUSTER

filibuster - Informal term for any attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length, by offering numerous procedural motions, or by any other delaying or obstructive actions. http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/filibuster.htm cloture - The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/cloture.htm Cloture invoked  (de facto filibuster---need 60 to procede) http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/cloture_motions/clotureCounts.htm

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-filibuster-reform-but-were-afraid-to-ask/265703/

http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=25f59865-abbd-4aa9-80aa-c6ce36e08ad7

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate

http://www.nolabels.org/understanding-filibuster

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30360.pdf

Senator Robert Byrd on Filibuster in 2010
http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=b62c87fe-d03d-44c3-a341-06c1390c4294

what the senate did in January 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42996.pdf

JULY 2013 OBAMA NOMINATION FILIBUSTER FIGHT
Confirm Tom Perez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEN3IEhtvUw

Harkin Speech Text
http://www.harkin.senate.gov/press/release.cfm?i=345332

Video of Harkin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iekqC1Yz1x8