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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:44 PM Original message |
What ever happened to the old fashioned kind of fillibuster |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's alway been there |
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tcfrogs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's why the 40 votes for cloture are needed |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. When did America become a fascist state?! |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. yeah, it was so wonderful when civil rights legislation was filibustered |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Excellent question - Cloture Rule (Senate Rule XXII) |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Nice link. |
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Innocent Smith (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. The rules were changed in 1917 |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Correct - Here's more |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. it's been done away with, in the '70s i think |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Tell that to all the pinheads demanding ONE SENATOR stand and filibuster. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. It went out of style, just like the Constitution. |
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