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1. If the filibuster can;t be used in this case because...

Fri Mar 31, 2017, 07:31 PM

Mar 2017

... of fear it can't be used ever again, then what good is it? So long as the GrOPers have control of the Senate, they can change the rules.

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Is the Gorsuch block a calculated risk? [View all] Baconator Mar 2017 OP

If the filibuster can;t be used in this case because... Adrahil Mar 2017 #1

Sure they could. mwooldri Mar 2017 #7

The senate sets the rules before each session NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #10

Remove the house from the calculation Loki Liesmith Mar 2017 #8

They will use the nuke MFM008 Mar 2017 #9

You're making an assumption... stopwastingmymoney Mar 2017 #11

Everything in Washington is a calculated risk... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #12