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To: Old Sarge

It would seem to be, that if Harry and his nary band of fools, does try to bring their issue up for a vote, they wouldn’t be able to, because Cruz is “filibustering”.

From Wikipedia:
A filibuster in the United States Senate usually refers to any dilatory or obstructive tactics used to prevent a measure from being brought to a vote. The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a bill by extending the debate on the measure, but other dilatory tactics exist. The rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish and on any topic they choose, unless “three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn”[1] (usually 60 out of 100 senators) brings debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII.


2,966 posted on 09/25/2013 6:06:15 AM PDT by Lucky9teen ("The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative." ~ Edward Abbey)
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To: Lucky9teen

Thanks for that explanation. I read (IIRC it was earlier on this thread last night) that this is technically not a fillibuster because Cruz (bless him!) started speaking before a bill was up for a vote, not after it had been brought up. Fine line and I don’t know - just passing along info for others to consider and help clarify for me.


2,983 posted on 09/25/2013 6:16:36 AM PDT by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops)
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