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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:46 AM Original message |
What happened to actual filibusters? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Democrats in Congress need a transplant.. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good question (nt) |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting question. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Democrats are letting the Republicans off easy by allowing the non-filibuster filibuster. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. "the mere threat of a filibuster seems to be the same" |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. It cuts into their naptime. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. All I hear is Senators talking about "How hard they worked" on.. |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Make them actually filibuster |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. +1 |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. +2 |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I emailed these sentiments to Harry Reid |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's been supplanted by the "procedural filibuster." |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. They did not need 60 when bush was in..... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. No one is willing to do what LBJ did in 1964 to get the Civil Rights Act Passed |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. what got the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed was a compromise |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. But it was LBJ who conjured Dirksen into agreeing to the terms |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. filibuster is a generic term for any stall tactic, and the methods evolve with the senate's rules |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. Reid allows them to. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. The filibuster is going on right now. |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The point is |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. Another question: will the 60 vote rule stay in effect if R's |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fuck it. |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Exactly! n/t |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. here is some info: |
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