What if the Republicans were to say that, if they don’t get their way, they will attack and destroy the twin towers of the World Trade Center? We’d think that treat was insane, right? After all, the twin towers have already been destroyed as a result of Republican incompetence. They can’t destroy them any more than they already are. Well, when Mitch McConnell issued his ultimatum that all forty two Republican Senators will filibuster everything unless they get to add $700b billion to the deficit for extra tax cuts for the rich, that threat is no different, because they already filibuster virtually everything before the Senate.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced this morning that Republicans will block any legislation from coming to the Senate floor until two key economic issues are addressed: funding the government (the “continuing resolution” which must pass to prevent a government shutdown) and the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts. McConnell said that members of his caucus are united in the pledge to use procedural votes to prevent any other non-economic issues — including the new START treaty, the DREAM Act, or the defense authorization bill that contains a potential repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy – from coming to the floor for debate. "Republicans have pleaded with Democrats to put aside their wish-list – to focus on the things Americans want us to focus on," McConnell said on the Senate floor. "They’ve ignored us. The voters repudiated their agenda at the polls. They’ve ignored them." In a letter signed by all 42 members of the GOP caucus, Republicans write that, "with little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities.”… [emphasis added]

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Even though Bought Bitch Mitch is trying to generate fear, Ed Schultz is furious over this, as he discusses with Sen. Tom Harkin and Adam Green of PCCC.

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