Does the Election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown Spell the End of Health-care Reform?
The election of a single U.S. Senator can impact parliamentary procedure in the Senate but to attribute Scott Brown’s recent election in Massachusetts as the determining factor that would end the health care reform debate in this country is, … well, silly. The Republicans are still the minority Party and will be for at least 2 more years. The ability of the Republican minority to now be able to filibuster and inhibit quick passage of a health reform bill is a fact, but it does not mean that they can stop the passage of the joint version of such a bill now pending in a joint House/Senate conference session. The amazing belief that an increase by one in the minority ranks can sink this bill is wishful thinking by many conservative politicians and media pundits. The filibuster is not a Constitutional tool that can be implemented to balance things out for the minority Party. It is a 19th century Senate rule that simply allows a Senator to speak until they either choose not to or literall
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