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Senators can block, that goes back to the founding fathers. what republicans said if senator reid went through with that and changed the senate rule so that 51 votes would be enough to have the nominees go forward, they would retaliate by using other obstructionist tactics blocking legislation. maybe it s a tax and spendsing dispute coming up, maybe the return of immigration reform, there are other issues before the senate like the student loan, they re trying to figure out a compromise on the student loan interest rates that just went up. wolf, this is a problem, particular dysfunction between the republican leader, mitch mcconnell. you saw john mccain speaking, mitch mcconnell is the republican leader, his relationship with harry reid has deteriorated significantly and that affects the business of the senate. what the republicans say, well, democrats did this too when they were in minority, but there s no question this has escalated in recent months and years especially around this p ....
Advocate and fan of an nfl team that has sadly never won a super bowl. here s the parting shot. a lifelong cleveland browns fan and season ticketholder, he wrote a song each year and sent it to the cleveland browns as well as offering other advice on hour to run the team. he respectfully requests six cleveland browns pal bearers so the browns can let him down one last time. always good to have a sense of humor in your final days. now, millions of students and parents are feeling let down by congress, which has failed to act on student loan interest rates. they have now doubled to 6.8% as of last week. now, today harry reid took to the senate floor and blamed republicans for the holdup. tomorrow, the senate is set to vote on the democrat s short-term fix, which would restore the interest rate on some federally subsidized loan back to the 3.4% rate people liked. however, it s not likely to get the 60 votes you tend to need ....
Shep. that s right. the house already passed a bill that would have those student loan interest rates set by the market. they blasted the senate. they gathered about 100 congressional interns out on the steps of capitol today. many we re told have student loans. republican leaders note their plan is similar to what president obama had in his budget have politicians set those interest rates. late today speaker boehner called on president obama to lead and the senate to act. the white house and senate democrats have left let these students down. frankly i think they deserve better. it s time for the president to lead. it s time for him to bring senate democrat leaders together and develop a solution. the house has done its job. it s time for the senate and the white house to do its job. the problem is there is a split among senate democrats. we will see how they work that out. senate majority leader harry reid is trying to get the house republicans to ....
This time is different. keep pointing to president obama s plan to tie the loan rate to the market and congressional democrats, i believe, are not so fond of that idea. what do you make of that dynamic then when you have the white house philosophically in line with the house republicans on that issue? i think the white house is looking at a long-term plan and i don t like the president s plan, but i think what we really have to do now, steve, is just roll this back to the 3.4. i d like to see it for two years, but if it is one year, whatever. this is a lot more money for these kids and they just can t afford it. you and i, obviously, had student loans. getting increasingly difficult. you need work study and student loans and grants and scholarship and the congressional republicans have pushed back on all of that. bunlts cut back on work study, pell grants and student loan interest rates, they want to raise it. just more and more difficult for ....