It may be wishful thinking, but Republican Senators predict a President Mitt Romney and a Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would usher in a new era of productivity for their famously sclerotic chamber.
It’s no secret Senators in both parties are frustrated with this Congress’ epic dysfunction. While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) casts blame on the GOP and Grover Norquist and eyes reforms to the filibuster rule, Republicans instead suggest that a new era of openness, and more engaged leadership from the White House, could unclog the chamber if they prevail in November.
McConnell ripped the way Reid has run the Senate in an interview Monday on Sean Hannity’s radio show. “He’s already kind of turned the Senate Majority Leader’s office into, you know, an office for a dictator,” the Kentucky Republican said.
Republicans point to Romney’s ability to work with Democrats when he was governor of Massachusetts and say McConnell has told them that he will open up the amendment process and reinvigorate committees so all Senators have their say — a promise echoed by Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) before the 2010 elections regarding how the House would function under GOP rule. Republicans have also committed to passing a budget resolution, which would enable them to use reconciliation rules to bypass filibusters on budget-related matters.
Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_10/GOP-Promises-New-Improved-Senate-216368-1.html?pos=hftxt
It’s no secret Senators in both parties are frustrated with this Congress’ epic dysfunction. While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) casts blame on the GOP and Grover Norquist and eyes reforms to the filibuster rule, Republicans instead suggest that a new era of openness, and more engaged leadership from the White House, could unclog the chamber if they prevail in November.
McConnell ripped the way Reid has run the Senate in an interview Monday on Sean Hannity’s radio show. “He’s already kind of turned the Senate Majority Leader’s office into, you know, an office for a dictator,” the Kentucky Republican said.
Republicans point to Romney’s ability to work with Democrats when he was governor of Massachusetts and say McConnell has told them that he will open up the amendment process and reinvigorate committees so all Senators have their say — a promise echoed by Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) before the 2010 elections regarding how the House would function under GOP rule. Republicans have also committed to passing a budget resolution, which would enable them to use reconciliation rules to bypass filibusters on budget-related matters.
Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_10/GOP-Promises-New-Improved-Senate-216368-1.html?pos=hftxt
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