The new majority

[d-ray657]

What was once abuse has become standard operating procedure. There was a story on the radio talking about some matter pending before the senate - I don't even remember what the issue was. But what struck me about the story was that the reporter casually mentioned the possibility that the matter would not get the "sixty votes necessary for passage." Why has it become an assumption that the filibuster is standard operating procedure rather than a device to provide closer consideration of particularly critical pieces of legislation? It is just another example of the decline in the credibility of our political system that the abuse of a procedural device is mentioned as if it were SOP. Gaaaa!

Is it any wonder that Congress has an approval rating of 13%?

Regards,

D-Ray