FYI : Republicans are Filibuster Crazy

[BlingBling]

In the first seven months of the 110th Congress, Republicans have acted to obstruct legislation at a rate greater than in any previous Congress. Senate Republicans have blocked legislation via filibuster 42 times, embracing a tactic they once threatened to eliminate.

 

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/18218.html

[Psycho]

Why would anybody want to eliminate something that had worked so well for them?

 

 

 

In the first seven months of the 110th Congress, Republicans have acted to obstruct legislation at a rate greater than in any previous Congress. Senate Republicans have blocked legislation via filibuster 42 times, embracing a tactic they once threatened to eliminate.

 

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/18218.html

[BlingBling]

Because Republicans were in power them. Democrats have the power now. And they are afraid of getting wiped out in the next election.