DREAM Act Beneficiaries to Legally Challenge Senate Obstructionism

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2012 -- Tuesday Hill press conference scheduled to address details

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Common Cause, members of Congress, and potential DREAM Act beneficiaries will announce a formal legal challenge to U.S. Senate rules that are blocking debate and making a mockery of the legislative process.

WHO: Bob Edgar, president and CEO of Common Cause U.S. Reps. Michael Michaud, D-ME, Hank Johnson, D-GA and Keith Ellison D-MN Erika Andiola, Celso Mireles, and Caesar Vargas Attorney Emmet Bondurant, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore

WHAT: Common Cause will announce the filing and details of a lawsuit against the U.S. Senate and its use of rules that routinely shut down debate, prevent lawmakers from doing their jobs, cause gridlock and hold hostage our democracy.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 15, 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: Cannon House Office Building, Room 334

SOURCE Common Cause

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/14/448...-congress.html

Finally those assholes in the Senate will think twice about playing games with the country's well being...

Well this is good to create some sort of pressure but I'm not sure exactly where it will lead. Are we referring specifically to the filibuster here? The tables have turned. We will have a bigger problem in the House this time.

I believe it has to do with the filibuster that time the dream act was supposed to pass

It seems like their referring to filibusters and much more, which is good since I've always viewed filibustering as anti-american. And with the House, the only problem there is if the GOP choices not to support the bill, since unlike the Senate, they don't actually have filibustering or those other rules that the Senate uses to cause gridlock.

Yeah it makes absolutely no sense when five no votes defeated a bill. That's why that filibuster system is broken as well.

The filibuster during that time made absolutely no sense; the dream act has bi partisan support. It had everything it needed to smoothly arrive on obamas desk for a Sig. It was a corruption scheme, period.

This is it. We need to push as hard as possible for the Dream Act.

Never thought I'd say this...but DA do something man!!! Can't take being illegal anymore..I need to get behind the wheel!

Can you even sue the US Senate?

I really wouldn't call 3 republicans (one long time supporter, one who retired and one who defeated the party's nominee via write-in) in the senate and 8 in the house bipartisan, it's more along the lines of 11 republicans going rogue.