{"id":37269,"date":"2011-01-06T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T00:10:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T00:10:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T00:10:12","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_iron_fist_january_7_2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/01\/06\/rush_s_morning_update_iron_fist_january_7_2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Iron Fist  January 7, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125101.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" class=\"img_\"\/><\/p>\n<p><BR\/><strong>Watch It!<\/strong> <strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stream.rushlimbaugh.com\/cgi-bin\/members.cgi?site=rushlimb&#038;type=download&#038;clips=1&#038;stream=2011\/01\/Rush%20Limbaugh%20-%20Jan%2007%202011%20-%20Morning%20Update.mp4\">Download Morning Update Video in QuickTime<\/a><\/line><BR\/><strong>Listen to It!<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/wma\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/11\/01\/MU010711.asx\"><strong>Windows Media Player<\/strong><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/rm\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/11\/01\/MU010711.ram\"><strong>RealPlayer<\/strong><\/a><\/line><\/p>\n<p>When the U.S. Senate was created and real men, adults, ran the placeevery Senator had the right to speak for as long as he wanted to prevent a bill from coming to a vote. Senators used the filibuster not only as a delaying tactic, but to ensure that even the minority party had a degree of power.<\/p>\n<p>In 1975, Democrats made a modification: with 60 votes, senators could close down a filibuster. It was designed to limit Republican power. Now, 36 years later, Democrats are vexed that Republicans, in the minority, have used the filibuster to slow Obama\u2019s agenda. As a new session of Congress begins, they\u2019re again attempting to rewrite the rules to deny Republican senators the right to talk.<\/p>\n<p><BR\/>Senate Majority Leader Dingy Harry has tried to shut Republicans out by denying them the right to offer amendments or even fully debate legislation that Democrats ram down our throats. That isn\u2019t enough. Now they argue the filibuster is a \u201919th century rule\u2019 which has no place in the 21st century.<\/line><BR\/>At least they\u2019re consistent. Democrats view the Constitution itself as a historical relic that should be ignored whenever inconvenient.<\/line><\/p>\n<p>The only difference between today\u2019s Democrats and Joseph Stalin, Chairman Mao, or Castro is the vocal opposition that cherishes the &#8216;relic.\u2019 And it stands between them and their ability to rule the country as they desire with an iron fist.<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer When the U.S. Senate was created and real men, adults, ran the placeevery Senator had the right to speak for as long as he wanted to prevent a bill from coming to a vote. 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