House GOP Leader Endorses ‘Nuclear Option’ In Senate (VIDEO)

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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday said that Senate Republicans should change the filibuster rules.

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Chuck Todd asked if he would support a rules change in the Senate eliminating the filibuster for legislation.

McCarthy said it’s not “nuclear” when “57 percent of the Senate voted for the Collins amendment that would take away the president’s action.”

“That’s not nuclear, when 57 percent of the American representation says it’s wrong. That’s not in the Constitution. I think they should change the rule,” he said.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened to eliminate the filibuster entirely in 2013 when then-Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) nixed the filibuster for most nominee confirmations. But McConnell has not yet indicated that he will act on that threat this year.

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  1. So Representative McCarthy thinks he’s a US Senator, and Senator Carnival Cruz thinks he’s a US House Representative. Yep. Clear as mud. Nope, no boundaries issues there…

  2. Or…you know…rather than continuing to try and force the American people to swallow your unpopular and unworkable policies, you could try actually taking responsibility for your worthless and destructive policies and risk getting kicked out of Congress OR maybe you could do the right thing, pass what the majority of Americans want and stop being hell bent on destroying this country.

  3. McCarthy said it’s not “nuclear” when “57 percent of the Senate voted for the Collins amendment that would take away the president’s action.”

    “That’s not nuclear, when 57 percent of the American representation says it’s wrong. That’s not in the Constitution. I think they should change the rule,” he said.

    I wholeheartedly agree. Let Republicans be the ones to take 60 votes off the table and return the Senate to majority vote for passage of legislation. Let’s do this! It will make life even more miserable for McConnell, make 2017 a very productive year for the new Democratically controlled Senate, and will give President Obama many opportunities to brag about all the idiotic legislation he vetoed. This would be the worst (political) thing that could ever happen to Ayotte, Rubio, Kirk, Toomey, Johnson, and Portman. Do it!

  4. The fact that he can now say it’s wrong and bad to require a supermajority to move legislation and not get himself struck by lightning is a very strong argument for atheism. Or deism, at least. Or a God who thinks IOKIYAR. Something.

  5. Yep. Right now, McConnell is the Senate’s biggest fan of the 60-vote filibuster.

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