WEBVTT - Senate Dems Target Filibuster Rule

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<v Speaker 1>Paula in in Heartland, Wisconsin. I'm glad you waited. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to the Russia Inmball program. Rush, so cool to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you. Anyway, I'm going to get right to my point,

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<v Speaker 1>like I was instructed, Um, Russia. I had a thought,

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<v Speaker 1>UM doing some reading this morning. UM, I understand that

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<v Speaker 1>Harry Reid and some Democratic senators are going to try

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<v Speaker 1>to push through some filibuster changes in the filibuster rules.

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<v Speaker 1>And as I got thinking about it as a man,

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<v Speaker 1>I hope I can get rushed today because I need

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<v Speaker 1>his input on this. And I'm thinking, well, the House

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<v Speaker 1>is now Republican, so it's really not going to manager

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<v Speaker 1>as far as legislation goes. But I'm thinking the Senate

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<v Speaker 1>does all the judicial and federal nominations, approves them. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking that since Obama's agenda is really going nowhere legislatively, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>that the Democrats are looking at this is a way

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<v Speaker 1>to load the courts with as radical judges as they

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<v Speaker 1>can to try to keep their agenda moving forward. Well, now,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you are incredibly shrewd, and I mean this,

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<v Speaker 1>you are incredibly shrewd. I just want to bring one

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<v Speaker 1>small correction their desire to get rid of the filibuster

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<v Speaker 1>in the Senate goes beyond judicial nominations. They really want

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<v Speaker 1>to get it. It's they they've they've lost. Uh. The

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<v Speaker 1>filibuster is now an obstacle. So of course it's outdated,

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<v Speaker 1>it's outmoded, it's a fetish, uh, and we have to

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<v Speaker 1>get rid of it. We've got to get rid of

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<v Speaker 1>this requirement that says they have to have sixty votes

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<v Speaker 1>to getting none. That's just antiquainted and held them back.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're serious about it in terms of legislation, but

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<v Speaker 1>the way this breaks down legally is quite fascinating. And

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people are calling Republicans hypocrites for opposing

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<v Speaker 1>the change in filibuster rule. And the reason it's a

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<v Speaker 1>fallacious reason. The reason Republicans are being called hypocrites is

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<v Speaker 1>because the Republicans objected to the filibustering of judicial nominees

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<v Speaker 1>and now all of a sudden, Democrats want to get

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<v Speaker 1>rid of the filibuster, and the Republicans are opposing that. Everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>who are you Republican hypocrit it's why you? You you

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to stop the Democrats using the filipuster on judicial nominees.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a constitutional reason judicial nominees, UH cover both branches.

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<v Speaker 1>You have the President who makes the nominations and the

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<v Speaker 1>Senate who confirms and saw the filibustering of judicial nominees

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<v Speaker 1>is something that affects the executive branch, and that, to

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<v Speaker 1>my Lehman's mind, after consultation was several legal scholars, is unconstitutional.

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<v Speaker 1>The Senate can't pass legislation limiting the things the executive

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<v Speaker 1>branch can do. That's why there's a separation of powers

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<v Speaker 1>in the first place. So it is in my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are a lot of people on our side,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, who are calling the Republican syprocrits, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're wrong, and I say this with a

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<v Speaker 1>modicum of respect. I don't think the two are the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. The Senate can make whatever rules it wants

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<v Speaker 1>for itself, Paula. If if Reid wants to try to

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<v Speaker 1>overturn filibuster rule and get rid of sixty votes in

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<v Speaker 1>the center, let him try. If he can get the

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<v Speaker 1>votes for it, then they've got a new rule. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how they operate. Fine and dandy. It's up to them

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<v Speaker 1>to make their rules. The President can't tell them what

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<v Speaker 1>they have to do, and and the courts can't tell

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<v Speaker 1>them what they have to do, but the Senate cannot

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<v Speaker 1>in any way restrict what the executive does. So using

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<v Speaker 1>the filibuster to get in the way of judicial nominations,

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<v Speaker 1>that is what's if any hypocritical, that is what's unconstitutional.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Republicans were totally right to oppose that because

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<v Speaker 1>that impacts the As I say, the president, he has

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<v Speaker 1>a role in the selection of nominees because he selects them.

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<v Speaker 1>They they they go through the confirmation process. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's if if Reid wants to get rid of

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<v Speaker 1>the filibuster, it's not automatically covering judicial nominees when he

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<v Speaker 1>does it. That's there are two separate things. Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>understand that, and I just see it as another power

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<v Speaker 1>play by Read and company to try to just nullify

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<v Speaker 1>the election results. Of course it is no, of course

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<v Speaker 1>it is you want to throw it out the window.

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<v Speaker 1>This was so important to him, Why didn't he do

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<v Speaker 1>it two years ago? The fact that they because he

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<v Speaker 1>had sixty votes two years ago until he lost. Scott

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<v Speaker 1>Brown's simply exactly my point, or actually exactly my point.

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<v Speaker 1>I just I just look at it, so you know, no,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're right. But it's not the first time they've

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<v Speaker 1>done things I can't remember the top of my head.

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<v Speaker 1>But uh, Democrats lose power all of a sudden certain

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<v Speaker 1>customs and laws and rules or all of a sudden outdated.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, look, as far as they're concerned, the whole

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<v Speaker 1>constitutions could put now the whole Constitution is a I

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<v Speaker 1>mean E. J. Dion Jr. In The Washington Post recently

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<v Speaker 1>had a piece saying essentially that the Constitution nothing sacred

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<v Speaker 1>about it. It's just it was just a political document

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<v Speaker 1>and it was put together by virtue of political compromise,

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<v Speaker 1>and therefore the people who don't agree with some of

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<v Speaker 1>the political compromises of the day when the Constitution was

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<v Speaker 1>ratified don't have to support it. I mean, that's the

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<v Speaker 1>new liberal thinking that it's not the law of the land,

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<v Speaker 1>it is not everything it is. It's no more than

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<v Speaker 1>a piece of legislation from two hundred and fifty years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you don't like it, you don't like it,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to abide by it. That's their new thinking

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<v Speaker 1>that they they're the sorest losers. And and and this

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<v Speaker 1>is why I've always said, there's no common ground here.

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing for us to do is keep winning.

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing to do is to keep beating them.

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<v Speaker 1>They have no interest in working with us. They have

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<v Speaker 1>no interest in common ground or bipartisan or anything. They

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<v Speaker 1>are pure, unadulterated stalinist, terry tyranny type people. All they

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<v Speaker 1>want to do is rule, not governed, and they have

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<v Speaker 1>to be defeated every election. A little history lesson, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>ladies and gentlemen. The reason that we have the sixty

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<v Speaker 1>vote rule and the Senate today for culture meaning sixty

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<v Speaker 1>votes to stop debate and moved to voting on the bill,

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<v Speaker 1>essentially sixty votes to pass the bill. The only reason

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<v Speaker 1>we have that, the so called filibuster is because the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats changed the rules in nine seventy five when they

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<v Speaker 1>had a big Senate majority after Watergate and they were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to make sure that they couldn't be stopped. I

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<v Speaker 1>had to have sixty vote rule. That's when it started Watergate.

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<v Speaker 1>The change was initiated by Walter F. Mondo, who was

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<v Speaker 1>soon to become vice president for Jim McCarter, who then

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<v Speaker 1>would then get shellacked the second term of Renaulda's magnus.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's when this whole sixty vote business. In the

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<v Speaker 1>old days, my old days, in sixties, if you were

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<v Speaker 1>gonna filibuster, you damn will had to stand up in

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<v Speaker 1>her filibuster. You had to stay to start talking and

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<v Speaker 1>not stop. And they change the rules. Philipbuster can mean God,

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<v Speaker 1>you need sixty votes, sixty votes to stop debate, sixty

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<v Speaker 1>votes to stop somebody from speaking who's really not speaking.

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<v Speaker 1>But and that happened. So again, the Senate as well

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<v Speaker 1>as the House can change their there's new rules in

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<v Speaker 1>the House as to day Banner was announcing them. They've

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<v Speaker 1>got a rules committee. The Republicans run it. They can

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<v Speaker 1>set the rules, and the Democrats have no choice because

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have the votes to beat them. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>a it's the way it's set up. And the Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>run the Senate still and they can set the rules

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<v Speaker 1>they want. Now they want to get rid of sixty

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<v Speaker 1>because they know where near sixty and there aren't enough Olympians,

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<v Speaker 1>Snows and Susan Collins is in there to get them

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<v Speaker 1>to sixty even if all the Democrats hold, So of

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<v Speaker 1>course sixty it's not fair. The Democrats can't they're running

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<v Speaker 1>the Howard the Senate, but they can't getting done because

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<v Speaker 1>it's stupid sixty vote requirement that we put in ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>back in nine. Now they want to get rid of

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<v Speaker 1>it since they can't get there. It is what it is,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll see if I mean, they're gonna need even

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<v Speaker 1>Republican votes for that. You got that passed