Sign Petition – Tell Joe to Listen to Joe Lieberman #politics #hcr
Egberto Willies
Did you know that in 1995, Joe Lieberman actually sought to abolish the filibuster?
In 1995, Sen. Lieberman co-sponsored legislation to stop abuse of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. The bill, co-sponsored with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), would have ended the filibuster as we know it, making it easier to pass legislation through the famously slow-to-act Senate. On the Senate floor, Lieberman declared, "The whole process of individual senators being able to hold up legislation…it’s just unfair."
When it comes to abusing the filibuster, Joe said it best himself: "[The] filibuster has become not only in reality an obstacle to accomplishment here, but it is also a symbol of a lot that ails Washington today." Watch the video, then help remind Joe.
Today, Joe Lieberman is threatening to wage a one-man filibuster against health insurance reform – precisely the kind of procedural move he so passionately opposed fourteen years ago.
