Senate Truce Holding So Far
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 6th, 2011 5:38 am by HL
Senate Truce Holding So Far
Last month Senate leadership struck an unofficial, handshake deal on the chamber’s rules in which Republicans agreed to allow bills to come to the floor without a filibuster in exchange for being able to introduce whatever amendments they wanted. Now, the New York Times reports that the rules truce appears to be working, at least for the time being, with very encouraging results.
“Lawmakers said that the way the Senate is operating in its early weeks bodes well for the future, when more difficult subjects like deficit reduction await.”