{"id":6605,"date":"2010-12-01T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/one-senators-modest-proposal-force-senators-to-actually-filibuster\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:05","slug":"one-senators-modest-proposal-force-senators-to-actually-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/one-senators-modest-proposal-force-senators-to-actually-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"La modesta propuesta de un senador: obligar a los senadores a adoptar medidas obstruccionistas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El problema para quienes quieren acabar con el obstruccionismo y restaurar alguna funcionalidad al Senado es que algunos argumentan que se requiere de dos tercios de los votos para que esto suceda, una virtual imposibilidad dadas las matem\u00e1ticas actuales del Senado. (Actualizaci\u00f3n: ver m\u00e1s abajo).<\/p>\n<p>Pero el senador Jeff Merkley, uno de una generaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s joven de dem\u00f3cratas con mentalidad reformista, ha pensado en una forma de solucionar este problema: comenzar con una reforma m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a que podr\u00eda hacer que el obstruccionismo sea mucho m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil pol\u00edticamente de lo que es ahora. Merkley est\u00e1 trabajando entre bastidores para generar apoyo para un cambio de reglas que obligar\u00eda a los senadores a actuar de forma obstruccionista en el pleno.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley est\u00e1 distribuyendo un memorando que expone este caso entre sus colegas, que me enviaron, y me han dicho que Merkley plantear\u00e1 la idea hoy en una reuni\u00f3n del caucus del Senado. Merkley se\u00f1ala que es un mito que actualmente exista una manera de obligar a los senadores a realizar obstrucciones en el pleno y propone:<\/p>\n<p>El p\u00fablico cree que los senadores obstruccionistas tienen que tomar la palabra. De hecho, el p\u00fablico percibe el obstruccionismo como un acto de valent\u00eda y sacrificio p\u00fablicos basados en principios. Hag\u00e1moslo as\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>Exigir que un n\u00famero espec\u00edfico de senadores (sugiero cinco durante las primeras 24 horas, 10 durante las segundas 24 horas y 20 despu\u00e9s) est\u00e9n en la sala para sostener el obstruccionismo. Esto ser\u00eda necesario incluso durante las convocatorias de qu\u00f3rum. En cualquier momento, un miembro podr\u00eda solicitar un recuento de los senadores en la sala que se oponen al orden regular, y si el recuento cae por debajo del nivel requerido, prevalece el orden regular y se lleva a cabo una votaci\u00f3n mayoritaria.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan el cambio propuesto por Merkley, si un partido o grupo de senadores se opone a llevar un proyecto de ley al pleno para su debate (o se opone a finalizar el debate), tendr\u00e1n que mantener una oposici\u00f3n continua en el pleno del Senado. Si no lo hacen, el obstruccionismo colapsa. La idea es sacar a la luz el obstruccionismo, donde el p\u00fablico pueda ver lo que est\u00e1 sucediendo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:openWin('http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/plum-line\/2010\/12\/one_senators_modest_proposal_f.html');\"><strong>Leer m\u00e1s -&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem for those who want to do away with the filibuster and restore some functionality to the Senate is that some argue it requires a two thirds vote to make it happen &#8212; a virtual impossibility given today&#8217;s Senate math. (Update: See below.) 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