http://www.mail.com/subjects/24898-filibusters.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24898-filibusters.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106634-tea-party-vs-guard-gop-senate-rift.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view Thursday, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate rules that protect the minority party. Tactics for dealing with the government's budget and debt became the latest qua... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:51:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106634-tea-party-vs-guard-gop-senate-rift.html 2013-05-23T22:51:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102184-govt-dysfunction-baked-system.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on filibusters, senatorial "holds" on presidential nominees and other stalling ploys. Inhib... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:24:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102184-govt-dysfunction-baked-system.html 2013-05-22T07:24:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2080036-snowe-presses-bipartisanship-book.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window, his daughters played in the snow with their dog. Inside, Snowe writes in a new book, she de... Sun, 12 May 2013 15:15:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2080036-snowe-presses-bipartisanship-book.html 2013-05-12T15:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2006352-democrats-bring-gun-control-bill-to-senate-floor.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have brought gun control legislation to the Senate floor amid a threat from conservative Republican senators to use delaying tactics to prevent formal debate from even beginning. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took the first procedural step to begin debate on Monday. He said Republicans owed relatives of the massacre of scho... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:53:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2006352-democrats-bring-gun-control-bill-to-senate-floor.html 2013-04-08T19:53:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2003536-dem-gop-senators-work-background-check-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background checks on firearms sales to include gun shows and online transactions, Senate aides said Sunday. If completed, the effort could represent a major breakthrough in the effort by President Barack Obama and his allies to restrict guns foll... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:50:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2003536-dem-gop-senators-work-background-check-deal.html 2013-04-08T02:50:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955232-scs-graham-limits-tea-party-intimidation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — To gauge the limits of the tea party's ability to frighten re-election-seeking Republicans into a rightward panic, spend time with Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. One day he's blasting tea party hero Rand Paul on the Senate floor, calling the Kentucky senator's 13-hour filibuster — which criticized U.S. drone policy — wrong-headed... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:00:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955232-scs-graham-limits-tea-party-intimidation.html 2013-03-14T23:00:19Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1940274-brennan-cia-fills-3rd-key-national-security-job.html WASHINGTON (AP) — John Brennan took over Friday as director of the CIA, the finishing touch on President Barack Obama's national security team for his second term. The White House said Vice President Joe Biden swore Brennan in during a private ceremony in the Roosevelt Room, the morning after he won Senate confirmation amid a contentious debate. Republica... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:16:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1940274-brennan-cia-fills-3rd-key-national-security-job.html 2013-03-08T16:16:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1940210-gop-splits-immigration-terrorism-play.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Party divisions over immigration, anti-terrorism and other issues are bubbling to the surface just as President Barack Obama shows a new interest in capitalizing on GOP differences. The latest example played out Thursday on the Senate floor, where two Republican senators rebuked a third — tea party favorite Rand Paul of Kentuc... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:51:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1940210-gop-splits-immigration-terrorism-play.html 2013-03-08T13:51:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1939016-paul-energizes-supporters-with-senate-filibuster.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it Rand's Stand: A nearly 13-hour stall tactic on the Senate floor that thrust a tea party hero back into the national spotlight — a real-life version of the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster on Wednesday of President Barack Obama's pick for CIA director was the latest notable move by the son... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:56:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1939016-paul-energizes-supporters-with-senate-filibuster.html 2013-03-08T02:56:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937486-filibuster-senate-confirms-brennan-cia.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed John Brennan to be CIA director Thursday after the Obama administration bowed to demands from Republicans blocking the nomination and stated explicitly there are limits on the president's power to use drones against U.S. terror suspects on American soil. The vote was 63-34 and came just hours after Republican Sen. Ra... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:40:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937486-filibuster-senate-confirms-brennan-cia.html 2013-03-07T21:40:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1938340-whats-filibuster.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The filibuster — used this week by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to oppose John Brennan's nomination as CIA director — is a parliamentary tactic used to block or delay legislative action. Using a filibuster, a senator can essentially hold the floor to prevent a bill from coming to a vote. Filibusters — from the Dutch word for "pirate" — were... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:50:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1938340-whats-filibuster.html 2013-03-07T16:50:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934868-senator-ends-long-floor-speech-blocking-cia-pick.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A tea party senator from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to block Senate confirmation of John Brennan's nomination to be CIA director. Sen. Rand Paul ended his filibuster shortly after midnight, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, also a Kentucky Republican, said he would continue to oppose Brennan's... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:55:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934868-senator-ends-long-floor-speech-blocking-cia-pick.html 2013-03-07T06:55:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1906734-hagel-support-defense-secretary.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Barring any new, damaging information, Chuck Hagel has secured the necessary votes for the Senate to confirm him to be the nation's next defense secretary. A vote ending the bitter fight over President Barack Obama's choice for his revamped second-term, national security team is expected next week. Hagel cleared the threshold when five-t... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:43:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1906734-hagel-support-defense-secretary.html 2013-02-21T23:43:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1904872-nra-president-expect-filibuster.html CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — National Rifle Association President David Keene said Wednesday he doesn't expect a filibuster from gun rights supporters as the Senate prepares to vote on potential gun control issues. Keene spoke at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum in a one-hour event moderated by CNN chief national correspondent John King, who aske... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:53:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1904872-nra-president-expect-filibuster.html 2013-02-21T02:53:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1893238-filibuster-not-gop-slow-walks-hagel-nomination.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Immediately after blocking Chuck Hagel's nomination to be secretary of defense, top Republicans took to the Senate floor to claim that, no, they were not filibustering. They just needed more time. A filibuster occurs when a minority of senators declines to vote to invoke what's called "cloture," which sets a deadline to complete debate o... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:12:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1893238-filibuster-not-gop-slow-walks-hagel-nomination.html 2013-02-15T15:12:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1891148-senate-gop-blocks-hagel-vote.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the nomination of former GOP senator Chuck Hagel as the nation's next defense secretary over unrelated questions about President Barack Obama's actions in the aftermath of the deadly raid on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. Obama accused Republicans of playing politics with national security during wartime, and De... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:05:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1891148-senate-gop-blocks-hagel-vote.html 2013-02-15T00:05:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1893180-obama-slams-gop-delay-hagel-confirmation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is criticizing Senate Republicans for delaying the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as his secretary of defense. The president said his opponents are using politics while the nation is still in a war in Afghanistan. Obama called Hagel, who is a former senator and Vietnam veteran, "eminently" qualified for the job Thursd... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:02:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1893180-obama-slams-gop-delay-hagel-confirmation.html 2013-02-14T23:02:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1890348-hagel-nomination-heading-to-vote-senate-floor.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A moderate Republican senator once thought to be a possible backer of Chuck Hagel's nomination to be secretary of defense said she'll oppose his confirmation, while other GOP senators signaled they may delay a floor vote on the nomination unless the White House provides more information about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:07:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1890348-hagel-nomination-heading-to-vote-senate-floor.html 2013-02-14T00:07:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885542-senate-panel-approves-hagel-pentagon-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness and challenged his patriotism. On a party-line vote of 14-11, the Armed Services Committee voted to send th... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885542-senate-panel-approves-hagel-pentagon-chief.html 2013-02-12T23:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1883616-senate-panel-to-vote-tuesday-hagel-nomination.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are pushing ahead with a vote Tuesday on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary, rejecting Republican demands for more financial information from Hagel in a politically charged fight over President Barack Obama's second-term national security team. In a brief statement, Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Se... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1883616-senate-panel-to-vote-tuesday-hagel-nomination.html 2013-02-11T22:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1873196-vets-groups-praise-hagel-adds-pressure-gop.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Countering the Republican-led opposition to President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary is a less flashy but powerful constituency: military veterans. Veterans' organizations have praised Chuck Hagel, a twice-wounded combat veteran of Vietnam and deputy administrator in President Ronald Reagan's Veterans Administration. The Ve... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1873196-vets-groups-praise-hagel-adds-pressure-gop.html 2013-02-06T21:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1869788-gop-senator-hagel-seems-clueless-iran.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday Chuck Hagel "seems clueless" on U.S. policy toward Iran and he urged the Obama administration to reconsider its defense secretary nominee. In a statement, the South Carolina lawmaker stopped short of saying he would filibuster the choice if the president pushes forward as expected. No Democrat ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1869788-gop-senator-hagel-seems-clueless-iran.html 2013-02-05T20:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1868144-mccain-cool-to-suggestion-hagel-filibuster.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain, a sharp critic of Chuck Hagel's nomination as defense secretary, said Monday he will not support a filibuster of President Barack Obama's pick, even though he declined to say whether he intends to vote for confirmation. "I do not believe a filibuster is appropriate and I would oppose such a move," McCain told... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1868144-mccain-cool-to-suggestion-hagel-filibuster.html 2013-02-05T00:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861220-white-house-hagel-will-win-senate-confirmation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday dismissed criticism of Chuck Hagel's hesitant congressional testimony and insisted that it expects the Senate to confirm him as defense secretary. One day after Hagel was roughed up in a grueling confirmation hearing, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Hagel did a "fine job" and the Obama administration would... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861220-white-house-hagel-will-win-senate-confirmation.html 2013-02-01T18:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846228-reset-gop-pushing-election-changes.html Around the country, Republicans are trying to change state laws to make it easier for them to win presidential elections. In Washington, Senate Democrats are trying to rein in the chamber's hallowed filibuster rules to make it easier for them to prevail. Both efforts, fueled by President Barack Obama's re-election victory, naturally are drawing flak from ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846228-reset-gop-pushing-election-changes.html 2013-01-25T16:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844102-senate-oks-modest-restrictions-filibusters.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The tradition-laden Senate voted Thursday to modestly curb filibusters, using a bipartisan consensus rare in today's hyper-partisan climate to make it a bit harder but not impossible for outnumbered senators to sink bills and nominations. The rules changes would reduce yet not eliminate the number of times opponents — usually minority-pa... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844102-senate-oks-modest-restrictions-filibusters.html 2013-01-25T03:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1843772-whats-filibuster-like-jimmy-stewart.html WASHINGTON (AP) — From Jimmy Stewart's fictional all-night talkathon to real-life dramas over World War I and civil rights, the Senate's filibuster has played a notable — sometimes reviled — role in the nation's history. Now the slow-moving, famously deliberative chamber has dialed it back, though modestly. Filibusters are procedural delays that outnumber... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1843772-whats-filibuster-like-jimmy-stewart.html 2013-01-25T01:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1841618-dems-gop-filibuster-dispute.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators may be nearing an end to their partisan dispute over curbing unlimited delays called filibusters. Whatever the resolution, it probably won't require filibustering senators to debate on the Senate floor until exhaustion, like the actor Jimmy Stewart did in the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Senate aides say lawmakers could... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1841618-dems-gop-filibuster-dispute.html 2013-01-23T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1840914-reset-delay-norm-us-govt.html Congress often gives itself more breathing room. In other words, it kicks the can down the road. It's an overused expression nearly everybody scoffs at or denounces. Yet lots of cans litter the road ahead. The House on Wednesday voted to delay a looming showdown over the government's debt ceiling until May. "It's not... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1840914-reset-delay-norm-us-govt.html 2013-01-23T20:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1838334-senate-chair-count-up-hagel-vote-hearing.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Republicans said Tuesday they would reserve judgment on Chuck Hagel's nomination until after his confirmation hearing next week, a positive sign for President Barack Obama's choice to head the Defense Department. Hagel, who already has drawn strong opposition from six Senate Republicans, continued his outreach to lawmakers on ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1838334-senate-chair-count-up-hagel-vote-hearing.html 2013-01-22T23:41:00Z