“Today’s Senate vote sustaining a filibuster of the annual defense spending bill, and in particular its provisions on the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law, is a profound setback for our nation’s military and our government’s commitment to the principle of majority rule,” said Common Cause President Bob Edgar.

“Some of the best minds in our military – civilian and uniformed — devoted thousands of hours of study to the question of service by openly gay Americans. They produced a thoughtful report and recommendations on a complex subject, but the Senate, held hostage yet again by a minority, refuses to even bring the issue to the floor,” Edgar said.

“It’s disgraceful that a minority of senators can abuse the Senate’s rules in this way,” Edgar said. “Whatever their feelings on service by gays, our troops have seen today that a minority of senators aren’t even willing to examine the issue with the care it deserves.”

이번 달, 커먼 코즈(Common Cause)는 필리버스터 남용이 어떻게 의회를 장악하고 중요한 국가적 문제에 대한 조치를 가로막고 있는지 집중 조명합니다. 커먼 코즈는 12월 15일 수요일, 전국기자클럽에서 필리버스터 개혁에 대한 포럼을 개최합니다.