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FILTER RESULTS ►The Filibuster Fans
There’s a growing level of interest in the Senate in reforming the filibuster via Tom Udall’s 51-vote constitutional option but it should come as no surprise that many Senate Democrats would rather stick with the status quo even thought that means it will be 100 percent impossible to deliver on any progressive agenda items. The article [...]
Tom Udall: Senate Leaders Wanted No Amendments to the Energy Bill
I had a chance to talk briefly with Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) last night, and we discussed a variety of issues. Udall's here at Netroots Nation today for a panel on his effort to change the Senate rules at the beginning of the next Congress,...Show More Summary
Moments of Opportunity
I spoke to Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico this morning about his drive for reform of the Senate rules. If you’re coming to Netroots Nation this year, so is Senator Udall and he’s on a panel also featuring Yours Truly on this subject. His focus, at the moment, is on what you might call [...]
More Senators urging support for the FCC and Net Neutrality
Today four Senators, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet; Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.); Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.); and Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), sent a letter...Show More Summary
Sen. Tom Udall: Durbin Incorrect About Social Security Fight
Sen Tom Udall backed up my memory when he appeared at the America's Future Now conference Wednesday, regarding the attempt to privatize Social Security under the Bush administration. Udall said that "as I remember it, we had a vote, a very close vote in the House, and it didn't succeed. It never made it to the Senate."
Another Round
Kagan back to the Hill to meet with Sens. Tom Udall, Merkley, Mark Udall, Cantwell Wednesday....
Sen. Tom Udall on Senate Gridlock
"All I do know is that there has to be more to life than explaining the ridiculous, accountability-destroying rules of the Senate to confused, angry and frustrated constituents." -- David Obey As of this morning, there are 97 nominees to judicial and executive positions pending consideration on the Senate floor. Show More Summary
On the Filibuster
Ben Armbruster writes: >Think Progress: Sen. Tom Udall Calls Reid’s Promise To ‘Take A Look At The Filibuster’ A ‘Warning Shot’ To Republicans: Motivated by unprecedented GOP obstruction this year in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) recently announced a proposal to revamp the Senate’s filibuster rules at the start of the next Congress. Show More Summary
Sen. Tom Udall Calls Reid’s Promise To ‘Take A Look At The Filibuster’ A ‘Warning Shot’ To Republicans
Motivated by unprecedented GOP obstruction this year in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) recently announced a proposal to revamp the Senate’s filibuster rules at the start of the next Congress. Citing Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution, Udall would like to revamp the 60-vote requirement for cloture and other procedural issues, where [...]
Bunning Galvanized Dems Around Filibuster Reform: Tom Udall
One of the leading filibuster reform proponents in the Senate said on Thursday that Republicans have no one to blame but themselves for a growing...
Sen. Tom Udall: The Will to Fix Senate Rules
Cross-posted at tomudall.senate.gov. In January, I posted here about the obstruction and inefficiency that the nation has witnessed in the U.S. Senate throughout my first...
Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Overrule CU
Senators Chris Dodd and Tom Udall have introduced a constitutional amendment that would overrule Citizens United, according to The Hill...
ThinkFast: February 12, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) “dismissed” efforts to limit filibusters proposed by Sens. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Tom Udall (D-NM). Reid said the “chamber’s procedures were designed to prevent the majority party from unilaterally changing the rules.” Harkin’s plan would create a “four-step process that would eventually allow a majority of 51 votes” to [...]
Some Democrats Seek To Change Filibuster Rules
A growing number of Democrats, from senatorial veterans such as Vice President Biden to freshman Sen. Tom Udall (N.M.), are calling for a rules change...
The future of the filibuster
In case you missed it -- and very few of you did, from the looks of things -- Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) has issued a call for reform of Senate cloture rules both on the floor of the Senate, and in a diary right here at Daily Kos. You can...Show More Summary
Tom Udall on Fixing the Senate: “We’ve Gotten Ourselves Into A Box”
One Senator -- freshman Tom Udall of New Mexico -- is trying to change Senate Republican's obstructionism by putting the focus back on governing rather than the crippling rules which have led, in a pretty direct way, to American decline.
Sen. Tom Udall: It's Time to Get Rid of the Filibuster
To require a supermajority to change the rules, as is our current practice, is to allow a Senate rule to trump our U.S. Constitution and bind future Senates. This should not be. The filibuster must go.
Udall joins fight against obstructionism
UDALL JOINS FIGHT AGAINST OBSTRUCTIONISM.... Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is clearly trying to raise the profile of this issue, and it's good to see others stepping up. Another Democratic senator is making a legislative push that could alter the use...
Senators Introduce PATRIOT Act, FISA Fixes
This is the best news out of the Senate this year. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tom Udall (D-NM), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and...Show More Summary
Sen. Mark Udall’s insipid auto-reply
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