Subject: Re: And now airline CEOs say, "Clean CR"
https://www.independent.co.uk/...

Interesting article, PucksFool.

But McConnell did so only after his predecessor, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, had invoked the “nuclear option” on the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold required to pass almost anything in the Senate, during Barack Obama’s presidency after Republicans repeatedly blocked Obama’s nominees.

The move had sweeping consequences: while Republican obstructionism had reached a fever pitch during Obama’s presidency, it meant that presidents no longer had to reach consensus choices. One could argue that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s control of the Health and Human Services Department, Kash Patel’s rule at the FBI, Pete Hegseth’s leadership at the Pentagon and, of course, Dobbs, date back to Reid’s choice.
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But a government shutdown might be the final knife in the stomach for the procedure that keeps the Senate from turning into the meat grinder that is the House.

We really don't want that.