Space Elf

Belle Curve, your lat sentence is misspelled! Using $20 words doesn't make you smart - only arrogant!

The only thing we have to fear, is LIBERALISM!

I've had the same issues while fishing. Power boaters are ripe with the rude & selfish. Lets hope the new law helps.

And some people still think that our border with mexico should be a revolving door. It's time to get a clue. The Rule of Law should prevail. Immigration laws are not racial. "Undocumented Workers" are ILLEGAL. Right is right regardless of sympathy for those who are oppressed by their own governments. Perhaps they should stay in their own countries and try to fix their broken systems before they come here feeling entitled to special treatment and protection FROM our laws.

I know you're not naive - but you are biased. So, we agree on something? I don't think the world will come to an end. I am actually happy about it!

Mr. Cramer, I do not believe that two wrongs make a right. I was pointing out that Mr. Miller attempted to make it appear that only Republicans do these kinds of things. The House of Representatives decided decades ago to adopt new rules with every new House. Even though the Constitution allows both houses of Congress to adopt their own rule (no difference specified for either house), the Senate has yet to do the same. Senator Byrd is still the greatest manipulator of Senate Rules. I am sure - without question, that you, Mr. Miller and myself could come to a concensus and write Senate Rules that would be fair to 1st, the American People and 2nd, to both the majority and minority parties in any Senate. I say this because we want the same thing. We both want the majority party to be able to flex it's majority, but don't want the minority party to be without a voice. Is that not correct?

THE CONSTITUTIONAL OPTION TO CHANGE SENATE RULES AND PROCEDURES: A MAJORITARIAN MEANS TO OVER COME THE FILIBUSTER MARTIN B. GOLD & DIMPLE GUPTA The above is very good reading about the history of Senate Rules. The Senate has the authority to change their rules at anytime. The concept that Standing Rules automatically pass onto the next Senate has been extensively debated. It is obvious that neither party wants to give up a rule, even if it works in their favor, because they may find themselves needing that rule at some future point. The fact remains that the opposite of Progress is Congress. When the VP gavels in the new Senate every 2 years, it is given the next sequential number. This numbering is not provided for in the Constitution. It is therefore up to debate that if a Senate is not provided with the next number, it could be forced to officially adopt new (or existing) rules as provide in the Constitution under no other rules except standard Parliamentary Rules. I could not find any documentation relating to the forced reset of the rules by the VP simply by announcing that this Senate is not a continuation of the previous Senate. I read that possibility in an article within the last few weeks. I do not recall the source. However, Mr. Miller, your concern for the Standing Rules still remains unanswered. Will any Senate be willing to cut it's own throat by voting for the bill put forward by Senator Wyden? We can hope so, but it is doubtful. Until and unless term limits are imposed on them, the fat cats will continue to dine on power and authority.