Mitch McConnell was full of promises last November about how things were going to be different in the Senate when he was in charge. Like how the Senate was going to start working on Fridays. That promise was broken last Thursday, the first week of the session. The other thing the Senate was going to do under his watch—open amendments. Republicans had grumbled incessantly over the last six years about how Harry Reid was a dictator who refused to allow them to offer up their amendments, almost all of which were poison pills that had little or nothing to do with the underlying legislation. Well, the worm has turned with Republicans now in power, and McConnell doesn't like it one bit. In fact, he's pretty whiny about it.
"Some of our colleagues on the other side continue to filibuster the motion to proceed to this bill. All senators should know that we will get on this bill today and begin the amendment process—either this afternoon by consent, or shortly after midnight without consent,” he said. […]
McConnell vowed he would not let Democrats use their ability to offer amendments to stretch out floor debates for weeks simply to burn up the calendar.
"We will conduct a fair and open amendment process but not an open-ended one," he said.
And so much for open amendments. That fair and open process apparently won't include one proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) intended to put Republicans on the record about the connection between humans’ greenhouse gas emissions and global warming in the Keystone XL debate.really no surprise we know they are liars and those in charge are veterans of the 6 year obstruction it's what they know and do if it doesn't screw the people or enhance the coffers of the rich they are not interested also they accuse Pres. of what they do so now that they have to do it first they still see it the same way our proposals are not to be considered because it is in opposition to their tyrannical agenda.
they are already on defense with all of Pres. accomplishments they have to revert to what they do but a wrench was thrown in and we see them at another level of their incompetence. of trying to bring down this Pres. note all they said Pres. was not doing neither are they 15 days in what will they do next, ObamaCares or immigration weren't those suppose to be the first things they did?
