Sen. Mike Lee R-Utah called it an attack on the Senate itself and a move toward one-party rule. Lee told WND, “Today’s decision by the Democrats to break the rules of the Senate are a partisan attack on the very purpose of this institution. The Senate protects the American people from authoritarian one-party rule by requiring at least some consensus to move anything through this body. The Democrats have just done great damage to this principle by putting politics and partisanship ahead of the interests of the American people.” “I think what we really need is an anti-bullying ordinance in the Senate. Now we’ve got a big bully. Harry Reid says he’s just going to break the rules and make new rules. It’s never been done this way before,” said a clearly exasperated Paul. “Typically you have to have a two-thirds vote to change the rules. And there has to be consensus. And there’s tradition. He’s breaking the rules to get his way.” “He’s got to have everything his way, he’s got to control everything. This is more about them trying to control the agenda and shift it away from Obamacare than it is anything else,” the Kentuckian added. His colleague from the Bluegrass State, Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said, “It’s a sad day in the history of the Senate” and that the move proves Democrats will “do and say just about anything.” Read more at wnd/2013/11/rand-paul-goes-nuclear-on-big-bully-reid/#MGj0WikJyZcBujib.99
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