Harry Reid Promises Filibuster Reform

3 years ago

0 Comments Say Something »

Text Size

Correspondent

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday he supports changing filibuster rules, pledging that the Senate would consider revisions next year.

The filibuster -- a procedure used in the Senate to delay or block action on a measure -- has been "abused," and the current level of obstruction is unacceptable, Reid told a group of liberal bloggers, according to The Huffington Post.

"But we're going to take a look at the filibuster. Next Congress, we're going to take a look at it," Reid said. "We are likely to have to make some changes in it because the Republicans have abused that just like the spitball was abused in baseball and the four-corner offense was abused in basketball."

Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have previously pushed for reforms to the filibuster. Schumer is planning to hold hearings on the issue in the Rules and Administration Committee later this month, Roll Call reported.

Filed Under: Senate, Democrats, Congress, Harry Reid

Tagged: Daily Guidance, DailyGuidance, filibuster, harry reid, HarryReid, senate

Our New Approach to Comments

In an effort to encourage the same level of civil dialogue among Politics Daily’s readers that we expect of our writers – a “civilogue,” to use the term coined by PD’s Jeffrey Weiss – we are requiring commenters to use their AOL or AIM screen names to submit a comment, and we are reading all comments before publishing them. Personal attacks (on writers, other readers, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, or anyone at all) and comments that are not productive additions to the conversation will not be published, period, to make room for a discussion among those with ideas to kick around. Please read our Help and Feedback section for more info.