2 Groups at Odds With GOP on Filibusters

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2 Groups at Odds With GOP on Filibusters

By JESSE J. HOLLAND
The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 12, 2005; 5:14 PM

WASHINGTON - Two groups normally allied with Republicans have bolted from the party's effort to ban judicial filibusters - the first major defections from a conservative push to prevent Senate Democrats from blocking President Bush's judicial nominees.

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Both groups have benefited in the past from use of the Senate parliamentary tactic to block gun control and labor bills. A filibuster technically is unlimited debate, and requires 60 votes from the 100-member Senate to stop.

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"If a bare majority of senators vote now to eliminate judicial filibusters, legislative filibusters will not stand for long," Mix predicted. "We would be extremely foolhardy to stand by while anyone, regardless of how good their intentions, proceeds to tear holes in it."

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"End the judicial filibusters at the earliest possible moment and well before a Supreme Court vacancy should occur," was the message in a Tuesday letter to GOP senators from the American Conservative Union, American Values, Americans for Tax Reform, Free Congress Foundation, Focus on the Family, Eagle Forum and the Family Research Council.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47375-2005Apr12.html

Can you imagine the Supreme Court nominee they could get through with a bare majority vote?:wow:

[Gothmog]

1. GOA has a webpage that allows you to send e-mails

I posted this earlier. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1713534&mesg_id=1713534 I used the Gun Owners of America webpage to send an e-mail to my senators protesting the nuclear option. I am in a red state and the only way that my senators (Cornyn and Hutchinson) will pay attention is these senators think that I am a gun nut.

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5. Good idea.

[CO Liberal]

2. Someone Should Check...

...and see if the American Conservative Union, American Values, Americans for Tax Reform, Free Congress Foundation, Focus on the Family, Eagle Forum, or the Family Research Council are tax-exempt. if they are, they should lose their tax exemption IMMEDIATELY!!!!

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3. Kick! Divide and conquer time...

I love seeing stuff like this!

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4. kick