] WASHINGTON - The Senate's top leaders have ended their ] attempt to find a compromise on ] President Bush's stalled judicial nominees, but other ] members continued to work on a possible deal to clear ] five blocked appeals court appointees and end threats to ] change the long-standing filibuster rules. Just let them vote. If you don't like the nominee, vote down. Republicans were guilty of this same thing just a few years back - but Democrats/liberals are taking this to a new level. But this just reinforces the notion that maybe, yeah, we do need to change the rules so that losers from either side can't filibuster everything. WTF do these people even get paid for anymore if they aren't working? Showdown Over Filibusters Appears Imminent - Yahoo! News |