orchestrated a senate rules change radically changing the filibuster power and most recently accusing republican senators of being addicted to koch not the draft drink but the mega wealthy brothers whose group is releasing a massive over the air campaign aimed at up seating democrat senators. he made that charge a week ago and the right to put it mildly didn t like it which is apparently what reid wanted because this past thursday he went back to the senate floor to make the charge again, this time a stronger and more emphatic terms. when senate republican senators rush to defend the koch brothers they re defending the koch brothers radical philosophy and it s radical, how do we know it s roadical in they said so. they said one of the brothers kept harping on the fact that he has a radical philosophy and they do. so as my republican colleagues in the senate, i ask is even one
we ll have you use a banana to drive in a railroad spike after the next system comes through. awesome. that will be novel. it s been a long night in the u.s. senate. republicans are forcing an all-night session to protest democrats changing the rules to limit filibuster power. they re still in session right now. good news is, it looks like actual work is getting done. many of you are attacking me for saying that, saying with no, no, no, this is vengeful play. an appeals court judge was affirmed this morning and another one is scheduled for later. a vote on the budget deal is expected today but it could prove tricky for some republicans. here to explain, cnn s joe johns. joe? this is both to stop the government from lurching from crisis to crisis every few months and there s a public battle over the heart and soul of the republican party that s gotten much uglier recently. the speaker of the house has been caught in the mid. now he s throwing punches, too.
breaking from the filibuster and allowing to come through. so rules change today takes them off the hook for that. and it s going to have them playing victim for the next year. i know. let me go back to joan. look at the game they play. they say sebelius is no good, this guy s no good or whatever. then one of the reasons i think why the president doesn t change anybody who may not have done a great job is they know they ll never get the next person through. it s a double whammy. the one reason the president can t make changes, he knows he ll never get anybody through without another benghazi attack. another three or four days of benghazi. lindsey graham s waiting to bring it and pound away with benghazi. he did it again with this. he s now attacking again on benghazi because of ending the filibuster power. and threatening to block janet yellen who had nothing to do with benghazi.
allowing to come through.em off the hook for that. and it s going to have them playing victim for the next year. i know. let me go back to joan. look at the game they play. they say sebelius is no good, this guy s no good or whatever. then one of the reasons i think why the president doesn t change anybody who may not have done a great job is they know they ll never get the next person through. it s a double whammy. the one reason the president can t make changes, he knows he ll never get anybody through without another benghazi attack. another three or four days of benghazi. lindsey graham s waiting to bring it and pound away with benghazi. he did it again with this. he s now attacking again on benghazi because of ending the filibuster power. and threatening to block janet yellen who had nothing to do with benghazi. weren t they over there somewhere?
vote from the floor wednesday thought. they could get it done in the house. failed at that. delaying until time indeterminate now. if they ve don t figure this out. if they get through the government shutdown by promising a war on the debt ceiling. we end of in october in a much more dangerous place. i would much prefer to see the battle take place over shutting down the federal government for a couple days than sparking international finance crisis over a debt ceiling breach mid october. steve. there its ted cruise saying, you know i can t stop this. he does indeed have the filibuster power in the senate. he named rand paul and mike lee along with him. could help him in aful buster. the house republicans know that he uniquely has filibuster powers. something house republicans don t have. so they re getting, obviously pretty weary of the way he is talking about house republicans.