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>>>HI, EVERYONE, I'M LAURA INGRAHAM IN FOR BILL O'REILLY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING US TONIGHT.
THE NUCLEAR OPTION, THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS EVENING'S TALKING POINTS MEMO.
TODAY, BREAKING 225 YEARS OF PRECEDENT, THE U.S.
SENATE VOTED 52-48 TO INVOKE THE SO-CALLED NUCLEAR OPTION ALLOWING CONFIRMATION FOR MOST PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES BY SIMPLE MAJORITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE SENATE VOTED TO SEVERELY LIMIT THE USE OF THE FILIBUSTER.
ONE OF THE FEW TOOLS A MINORITY PARTY HAS IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.
SENATE DEMS LED BY NUN -- NONE OTHER THAN HARRY REID THEY HAVE BEEN INCENSED THAT G.O.P.
COLLEAGUES HAVE BLOCKED PRIMARILY THREE NOMINEES.
WILL SOMEONE CALL 911? BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE SUFFERING FROM A WICKED CASE OF AMNESIA.
YOU SEE, THEY WERE AGAINST THE NUCLEAR OPTION BEFORE THEY WERE FOR IT.
>> THIS FILIBUSTER IS NOT A SCHEME AND IT CERTAINLY ISN'T NEW.
THE FILIBUSTER IS FAR FROM A PROCEDURAL GIMMICK.
IT'S PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS INSTITUTION WE CALL THE SENATE.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT THEN SENATOR OBAMA'S VIEW? >> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT LESS PARTISANSHIP.
IN THE MAJORITY CHOOSES TO END THE FILIBUSTER AND CHANGE THE RULES AND PUT AN END TO DEMOCRATIC DEBATE, THEN THE FIGHTING AND BITTERNESS AND THE GRIDLOCK WILL ONLY GET WORSE.
>> BY THE WAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS SUPPORTING, OF COURSE, WHAT HARRY REID DECIDED TO DO EARLIER TODAY.
THIS, FOLKS, IS AMAZING.
THREATENING TO GO NUCLEAR WHICH BOTH SIDES HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND GOING NUCLEAR ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
REID AND FRIENDS MAY HAVE WON A TEMPORARY VICTORY BY CHANGING THE RULES, BUT THEY ALSO DISRUPTED THE CHECKS AND BALANCES WITHIN THE SENATE AND ENDED UP THROWING GASOLINE ON THE BRUSH FIRE OF PARTISANSHIP.
>> THIS IS NOT A VERY PROUD DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE IN ORDER TO DISTRACT ATTENTION AWAY FROM OBAMACARE THE SENATE HAS JUST BROKEN THE RULES IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE RULES.
>> AND, YES, REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE LOST A LOT OF THEIR LEVERAGE TODAY IN THE U.S.
SENATE, BUT IF THEY TAKE BACK THE SENATE ON THE HEELS OF THE OBAMACARE IMPLOSION, DEMOCRATS MAY REGRET GOING TO DEATH CON 1.
THIS RANK POWER GRAB SHOULD MAKE IT OBVIOUS TO ALL CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T WASTE TIME WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS ON PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING.
DEMOCRATS DID NOT OPERATED IN GOOD FAITH ON OBAMACARE AND THEY ARE NOT OPERATING IN GOOD FAITH NOW.
AND THAT'S THE MEMO.
NOW ON TO THE TOP STORY.
A LITANY OF NEW OBAMACARE PROBLEMS COMING TO LIGHT.
WE ARE LEARNING THAT IF YOU LIKE YOUR DOCTOR, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR
>>>HI, EVERYONE, I'M LAURA INGRAHAM IN FOR BILL O'REILLY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING US TONIGHT.
THE NUCLEAR OPTION, THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS EVENING'S TALKING POINTS MEMO.
TODAY, BREAKING 225 YEARS OF PRECEDENT, THE U.S.
SENATE VOTED 52-48 TO INVOKE THE SO-CALLED NUCLEAR OPTION ALLOWING CONFIRMATION FOR MOST PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES BY SIMPLE MAJORITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE SENATE VOTED TO SEVERELY LIMIT THE USE OF THE FILIBUSTER.
ONE OF THE FEW TOOLS A MINORITY PARTY HAS IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.
SENATE DEMS LED BY NUN -- NONE OTHER THAN HARRY REID THEY HAVE BEEN INCENSED THAT G.O.P.
COLLEAGUES HAVE BLOCKED PRIMARILY THREE NOMINEES.
WILL SOMEONE CALL 911? BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE SUFFERING FROM A WICKED CASE OF AMNESIA.
YOU SEE, THEY WERE AGAINST THE NUCLEAR OPTION BEFORE THEY WERE FOR IT.
>> THIS FILIBUSTER IS NOT A SCHEME AND IT CERTAINLY ISN'T NEW.
THE FILIBUSTER IS FAR FROM A PROCEDURAL GIMMICK.
IT'S PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS INSTITUTION WE CALL THE SENATE.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT THEN SENATOR OBAMA'S VIEW? >> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT LESS PARTISANSHIP.
IN THE MAJORITY CHOOSES TO END THE FILIBUSTER AND CHANGE THE RULES AND PUT AN END TO DEMOCRATIC DEBATE, THEN THE FIGHTING AND BITTERNESS AND THE GRIDLOCK WILL ONLY GET WORSE.
>> BY THE WAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS SUPPORTING, OF COURSE, WHAT HARRY REID DECIDED TO DO EARLIER TODAY.
THIS, FOLKS, IS AMAZING.
THREATENING TO GO NUCLEAR WHICH BOTH SIDES HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND GOING NUCLEAR ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
REID AND FRIENDS MAY HAVE WON A TEMPORARY VICTORY BY CHANGING THE RULES, BUT THEY ALSO DISRUPTED THE CHECKS AND BALANCES WITHIN THE SENATE AND ENDED UP THROWING GASOLINE ON THE BRUSH FIRE OF PARTISANSHIP.
>> THIS IS NOT A VERY PROUD DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE IN ORDER TO DISTRACT ATTENTION AWAY FROM OBAMACARE THE SENATE HAS JUST BROKEN THE RULES IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE RULES.
>> AND, YES, REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE LOST A LOT OF THEIR LEVERAGE TODAY IN THE U.S.
SENATE, BUT IF THEY TAKE BACK THE SENATE ON THE HEELS OF THE OBAMACARE IMPLOSION, DEMOCRATS MAY REGRET GOING TO DEATH CON 1.
THIS RANK POWER GRAB SHOULD MAKE IT OBVIOUS TO ALL CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T WASTE TIME WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS ON PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING.
DEMOCRATS DID NOT OPERATED IN GOOD FAITH ON OBAMACARE AND THEY ARE NOT OPERATING IN GOOD FAITH NOW.
AND THAT'S THE MEMO.
NOW ON TO THE TOP STORY.
A LITANY OF NEW OBAMACARE PROBLEMS COMING TO LIGHT.
WE ARE LEARNING THAT IF YOU LIKE YOUR DOCTOR, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR