Gun Owners Of America: Gun Control to Pass if Reid Changes Filibuster Rule

Gun Owners Of America: Gun Control to Pass if Reid Changes Filibuster Rule: The Associated Press reports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is pushing for rule changes to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate in order to "win confirmation for some of [President Obama's] nominees for posts overseeing workers' and consumers' rights."

Flashback: Senate Dems' Dire Warnings About the 'Nuclear Option'

 

In 2005, Republicans, who controlled the Senate and were frustrated with the lack of progress on President Bush's nominations, considered amending Senate rules to prohibit filibusters on Presidential nominations. As the video below details, Senate Democrats viewed the move as shredding the Constitution, burying the remnants in the ground and covering the dirt with lye. On Tuesday, however, Senate Democrats are expected to enact what they forcefully decried

 

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