http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/09/president-obama-just-hit-congress-with-the-mandate-stick Comments On: President Obama Just Hit Congress with the Mandate Stick by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by david]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:57:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by lone locust]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:41:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Asbel]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:41:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Here, let me google that for you...]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:18:32 -0800 The Stranger
I think they'll wait to see whether the new Senate GOP is finally going to play ball, before changing or eliminating the cloture rule.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:12:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sperifera]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:06:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by bgix]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:52:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:47:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sperifera]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:46:28 -0800 The Stranger http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08…

Contrary to GOP talking points, if majority Americans supported ANY directional moves by Congress it was in the Democrats direction. Even though the GOP holds more seats, it is due to gerrymandering. Democrats got most the votes.
Posted by bgix]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:46:26 -0800 The Stranger The "60" number is in a Senate Rule. The Senate (and House) routinely decide on their Rules by simple majority voting.

They could pick 51, or 53, or 70, or whatever the majority of Senators agree to use.
Posted by MrBaker]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:43:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ng53]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:38:54 -0800 The Stranger The problem then is the House that just watched the Senate lose seats to the Dems. Do enough Republicans choose to solve problems or do they take a beating for two years and then make that choice?
Posted by MrBaker]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:33:59 -0800 The Stranger
@11 you really don't get what a secret hold is or how the Senate works, do you? Seriously, retake Civics.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:32:08 -0800 The Stranger http://phys.org/news/2012-11-australian-…

700,000 new galaxies ---- WTF???

I can't even locate my own...
Posted by sgt_doom]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:26:35 -0800 The Stranger
God how stupid are you?
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:26:26 -0800 The Stranger
That ultra-loser couldn't even make it through Navy basic training?????

Drunken halfwit, anyone who even bothers to pay any attention to him is dimwitted....
Posted by sgt_doom]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:25:15 -0800 The Stranger He should have a ton of press conferences just like that, though, keep messaging, without taking soundbite tv filler questions from the "media".
Posted by MrBaker]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:24:54 -0800 The Stranger
I expect Reid to either threaten to drop the bomb to prevent filibuster attempts on key legislature or to lay down that hammer. Americans aren't going to care. Rules of cloture too obscure. Americans think of filibustering as Jimmy Stewart (which would still be allowed under nuclear option, of course).
Posted by GlennFleishman]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:17:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by biffp]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:11:47 -0800 The Stranger
These mendacious little assholes have been lying through their teeth for the past decade. There's not a decent reporter in the entirety of traditional media. Fuck em.
Posted by johnjjeeves]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:10:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by biffp]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:10:10 -0800 The Stranger
I'll survive without the $5 per paycheck.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:03:14 -0800 The Stranger
Right now Patty Murray could block any extension of the Bush Tax Giveaways with a secret hold. And they would expire.

Boo ya!
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:53:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:46:40 -0800 The Stranger