Santorum Denies Story in <em>The Hill</em>
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Fox News reports that Sen. Santorum is denying a story (previously mentioned at confirmthem) that he wants to put the brakes on the constitutional option:
Santorum told reporters on Thursday that the story was flat-out wrong and that from his standpoint he had seen no change in momentum. He added that he has said all along that it's "up to the leader to decide one way or another."
In other developments, National Review has an excellent piece by Sean Rushton. An excerpt:
Our founders did not use filibusters. In fact, for the first several Congresses (from 1789 to 1806), a majority of senators always had the power to bring debate to a close (cloture) by a majority vote. Rules guaranteeing up-or-down majority votes and abolishing the filibuster in various contexts are commonplace in modern Congresses as well. In fact, there are at least 26 laws on the books today abrogating the filibuster.
Rushton is right.
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