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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:19 AM Original message |
Carl Levin: Filibuster Could Fall 'After Massive Conflict On The Floor' |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. ah, yes, an unrec. from those who like this gridlock. lol |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I wonder if the mods can see who makes the unrecs. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. There are those here who make a fetish of tradition. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. another unrec ... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 02:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. I think people unrec without intending to. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Rec'd to +2 |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Heh! I like that idea! nt |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 02:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. PBS Poll-435, you are so right. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. rec'd to +3 |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Rec'd +6 |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Republicans don't want to sustain the filibuster forever. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's exactly right. Those who argue we should keep it in case the Republicans get the majority |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. +1 |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. Huffington Post: Rule 22 The Filibuster Fraud "We Have A Crisis, Mr. Vice-President" |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. +1 nt |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. Said it before, and will say it again |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is a nomination to a seat on the National Labor Relations Board. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's extremely sad that you can get 52 votes and still not be confirmed. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. yes, mr leahy/levin,you better do something quick, they plan to be of no help to this country at all |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. filibuster should be restricted to major issues. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The rule is being abused, eliminate the filibuster. nt |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Whatever happened to |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. It would end in a hearbeat if they just made pukes stand on the floor and filibuster |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Seems to me the Democrats dont want to stop the filibuster. They could if they wanted to. There are |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. There would need to be a quorum on the floor at all times to make them talk |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I'm up for a contest of wills |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The Republicans can be outside talking to the media as well |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Recommend |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
22. Make 'em filibuster |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. They used it seldomly |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:30 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The Republicans got what they wanted by threatening to change the rules |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The filibuster was not even heard of 100 years ago and the current form is about 35 years |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It is frustrating we could not even keep our coalition together for cloture votes but it is the |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
37. Make them filibuster . . . |
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