Dear Majority Leader Reid,
I have a few questions for you. First, since when does it require 60 votes to get any form of legislation through the Senate? Of course, I already know the answer to that, never.
So, why are you requiring 60 votes to pass legislation? Cenk Uygur recently wrote an article, which is posted on the Huffington Post titled “The Sanders Rule: All Bills Get Up or Down Votes.” He argues that legislation making its way through the Senate does NOT require 60 votes to pass it, which is absolutely correct, the number needed is 51. What 60 votes ARE required for is to break a filibuster, but NOT to pass legislation.
Uyger is absolutely correct when he writes, “If the Democrats don't use their 60 seat majority to break filibusters, then they are absolutely complicit. There are no excuses left. It's one thing to say you're voting your conscience on a bill (though a great majority of the time they are in fact voting their pocketbook by voting with the lobbyists), it's another to say that you will join the Republicans in upholding a filibuster. That is not acceptable.” So please tell me, why do the Democrats “deserve” to have a filibuster proof majority.
Uyger also maintains that WE THE PEOPLE deserve the change that we voted for, and that you and the rest of the blue-dog Democrats are not living up to the promises made on the campaign trail. The people of this nation, you know the ones that voted you and your fellow Democrats into office, deserve TRUE leadership in the Senate. And if you are not willing to use the power, many of us feel that you need to get out of the way of progress. In short, grow a pair and utilize the power the great people of this nation have instilled you with.
Best Regards,

Original message from SD_Dave here…

This post is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.