Making Government Work

It's freezing in Washington this week, but it's not the nuclear winter some Republican senators predicted one year ago today.

“The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Common Cause’s case challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule is both shortsighted and ominous,” Common Cause President Miles Rapoport said today. “Instead of protecting debate, the 60-vote filibuster rule has shut down discussion on important legislation, from a living wage to addressing climate change.

A little noticed Senate filibuster has blocked action on a bill designed to close the pay gap between women and men doing comparable jobs

Common Cause has petitioned the Supreme Court to hear its challenge to the Senate's filibuster rule

The Senate barely does anything these days — except approve judges that could shape the law for a generation. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/how-going-nuclear-unclogged-the-senate-110238.html#ixzz3B8QBNyH3

Spaulding on MSNBC about filibuster