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To: itsahoot

So the Democrats ended the unfair filibuster that they used to block 23 Bush nominees.


118 posted on 11/21/2013 10:51:47 AM PST by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: AppyPappy
So the Democrats ended the unfair filibuster that they used to block 23 Bush nominees.

Yep.

Sadly that is not the dangerous part of this game. They changed the rules with a simple majority, which effectively means there are no rules, only 50+1 can now rule the Senate.

186 posted on 11/21/2013 11:55:20 AM PST by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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