{"id":3169,"date":"2015-10-16T17:59:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T21:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2015-10-16T17:59:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T21:59:16","slug":"gridlock-governing-toxic-amendments-and-partisan-calculating-may-land-senate-republicans-in-the-minority-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/gridlock-governing-toxic-amendments-and-partisan-calculating-may-land-senate-republicans-in-the-minority-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Gridlock Governing: Toxic Amendments and Partisan Calculating May Land Senate Republicans in the Minority Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3170\" style=\"width: 663px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gridlock-Governing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3170\" data-attachment-id=\"3170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/gridlock-governing-toxic-amendments-and-partisan-calculating-may-land-senate-republicans-in-the-minority-once-again\/gridlock-governing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gridlock-Governing.png\" data-orig-size=\"653,431\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gridlock Governing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Source: U.S. News &amp;#038; World Report&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gridlock-Governing-300x198.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gridlock-Governing.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3170\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gridlock-Governing.png\" alt=\"Source: U.S. News &amp; World Report\" width=\"653\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gridlock-Governing.png 653w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gridlock-Governing-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s becoming harder and harder for any majority leader to get bills passed in the Senate. As our\u00a0<a title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.rstreet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RSTREET42.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rstreet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/RSTREET42.pdf\">new research study<\/a>\u00a0found, individual senators are tripping up legislation as a regular course of business.\u00a0They do this by offering amendments to legislation \u2013 lots of them. Twenty years ago, senators offered about 2,650 amendments in a two-year period. Last Congress, more than 4,100 amendments were offered&#8230;.\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/opinion\/articles\/2015\/10\/16\/senate-gridlock-could-soon-topple-republican-majority\">Read more at U.S. News and World Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s becoming harder and harder for any majority leader to get bills passed in the Senate. As our\u00a0new research study\u00a0found, individual senators are tripping up legislation as a regular course of business.\u00a0They do this by offering amendments to legislation \u2013 lots of them. Twenty years ago, senators offered about 2,650 amendments in a two-year period. 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