their is something that concerns me tremendously
that's going on right now with her to the filibuster
if the filibuster had been fixed
four years ago
we would have a public option you know bamaca
if the filibuster had been fixed
we would have a laws saying that no more tax breaks for
for bain when they when they break down a company likes inside and ship it
overseas
and we will get a tax break to companies that bring a manufacturing back united
states
if there had not if the phyllis tread been fix and i think there's a long long
list of things that would be done and done well and done right if the
filibuster that they should have a higher minimum wage right now is a
filibuster had been fixed i'd capital gains tax wouldn't be a fifteen percent
of the though the romney paris hilton tax
there is a serious effort to fix the filibuster jet markley elizabeth warren
harry reid are working on this thing and now
it looks like senator carl levin
from michigan
his trabalho this up
he's part of this uh... a group of paid bipartisan rights and for some reason
some some some of these democrats and and
you know just think
it's got the word bipartisan and it must be just wonderful
argument the argument hope is that both parties chair islamic notes are a bit of
both for you
this is uh... john the carter wrote a great blog but you can read over a daily
cuz
dot com
and uh... she's quoting actually an article small bipartisan a group of
senators opposed to broad filibuster a former closing out a compromise package
it would derail the billy mend momentum toward the rules change in february
senator carl levin democrat of michigan has been the most vocal
democratic
opponent
of substantial senate rules reforms
and he's
working with a bunch of republicans to try and
neuter these efforts to reform the filibuster
so if you are in michigan in particular
and run here in said that many stations in michigan and of course all across the
state on
serious and i'm free speech t_v_
uh... if you're in michigan in particular
call senator levin's local offices in
and tell them whatever your pain maybe if you think the filibusters respond or
i don't know if you think the filibuster
needs to be fixed let know i'm bill unlike rush limbaugh and i got to try
and tell you i don't think
or how do act
but i will share my opinion
and that is that the filibuster has been used about lyndon johnson in the six
years that he was the senate majority leader
had to deal with one filibuster
harry reid has had to deal with over three hundred and seventy of them
good legislation
that died
because one single republican or a small handful of republicans decided that they
were going to kill it
because you come from democrats that would look good too for the president
even though they were all good things for the nation
and it looks like carl levin is trying to blow up this effort and carl levin is
it is a good democrat i'm easy's bs write out a lot issues
i've always had a lot aberration for carl levin
and i believe that on this on this issue not only zero on buddies dangerously
wrong
so i wouldn't ask u too
consider
calling senator levin xs local offices in michigan
they will know that your constituents
and if you're outside a michigan chris senator levin if he'd if he blows up
full bus trip for me is gonna blow up for all of us you can call his
senate offices washington d_c_
got a call congress dot org for the phone number
anita regretful number down here and i'm just nominated to call congress dot word
myself
and get it for you
and uh...
and just you know you investments which burgess test problems office
marie cocco congress dot org
and
the
telephone number is recurred to it too
too too
thirty one twenty one two oh two two two five thirty one twenty-one
and maybe
jim can you can make a car on with that
uh... or third with that
but you know call senator lott is office and and uh... express your opinion about
whether or not he should be
or the democrats for that matter
should be working to genuinely reform the filibuster the way that jeff merck
with senator berkeley from oregon and senator warren senator-elect elizabeth
warren for massachusetts
and just and uh...
senate leader perry reader working on doing
or whether they should watered down
the filibuster reform the way that senator levin and a group of republicans
are trying to do
this is one of those moments were a phone call might actually make a lot of
difference
so the telephone number which will give you any member of the house or senate
only had to do is this is the main switchboard at the capitol building
is two oh two
two two five
thirty one twenty one
two two five
thirty one twenty one a
that's working
uh... so
uh... uh...
if info regarding the new year
with the republicans in the trial house representatives
and
functionally in control the senate because they have
more than forty votes
there is a good block legislation
even though they are majority
something that the founders never envisioned by the way
filibuster did not exist at the time in this country it's not passed
this is just removed but the senate creates for themselves
for the convenience of the last four years certainly of the republican party
if we do that with the whole world record