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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 1930354" data-attributes="member: 7900">With all due respect, it is not necessarily true that the filibuster was a Republican issue.&nbsp; There are enough &quot;moderate&quot; Republicans that they would not have been able to effectively filibuster anything.&nbsp; McCain, Snowe, and Collins would have helped the Dems with just a little prodding.&nbsp; There were some &quot;moderate&quot; Democrats that also didn&#039;t want to go to the extremes of the Democratic leadership.And, there were early budgets passed, but for the last 3 1/2 years, the Senate leadership refuses to even consider one.&nbsp; The last two budgets submitted by Obama couldn&#039;t get any Democrats to support them.&nbsp; The Senate leadership has also declined to act on any of the &quot;jobs&quot; bills that have originated in the House.&nbsp; So, if there is any real gridlock, the Dems are more to blame.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 1930354, member: 7900"] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]With all due respect, it is not necessarily true that the filibuster was a Republican issue. There are enough "moderate" Republicans that they would not have been able to effectively filibuster anything. McCain, Snowe, and Collins would have helped the Dems with just a little prodding. There were some "moderate" Democrats that also didn't want to go to the extremes of the Democratic leadership. And, there were early budgets passed, but for the last 3 1/2 years, the Senate leadership refuses to even consider one. The last two budgets submitted by Obama couldn't get any Democrats to support them. The Senate leadership has also declined to act on any of the "jobs" bills that have originated in the House. So, if there is any real gridlock, the Dems are more to blame.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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