Great Moments in Republican Obstructionism: Mitch McConnell filibusters his own bill!

by: Zappatero

Thu Dec 06, 2012 at 15:23:28 PM MST

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed having a vote on a proposal he first raised back in 2011 to allow the president to unilaterally increase the debt ceiling.

Sen. Harry Reid moved to bring that proposal to the Senate floor this afternoon for a simple majority vote, and McConnell blocked it.

Reid said McConnell's objection was a "case of Republicans refusing to take yes for an answer."

"This morning the Republican leader asked consent to have a vote on this proposal. Now I told everyone that we are willing to have that vote, up-or-down vote," Reid said. "Now the Republican leader objects to his own idea. So I guess we have a filibuster of his own bill."

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