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2020 Dems take aim at filibuster, say Senate tradition should 'go the way of history'
Fox News ^ | 3/21/2019 | Paul Steinhauser

Posted on 03/21/2019 5:23:19 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

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Mitch McComical...I mean McConnell should have done this 2 years ago. Many were saying as soon as the Democrats retake the Senate they would do exactly that.
1 posted on 03/21/2019 5:23:19 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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What a shock....when liberals can’t get their way....they want to change the rules....


2 posted on 03/21/2019 5:26:28 PM PDT by CMS (I have not heard any politicians say how to take away guns from criminals, just law abiding citizens)
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Save a ton and just have One party ,D’oh


3 posted on 03/21/2019 5:26:53 PM PDT by butlerweave
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Pedo


4 posted on 03/21/2019 5:27:42 PM PDT by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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Mitch McComical...I mean McConnell should have done this 2 years ago.

Mitch is a gutless deep stater, but truth is I doubt he had or has now the votes to undo it.

The filibuster rule allows the majority to get away with doing nothing and not have to take the blame. End it now.

5 posted on 03/21/2019 5:31:18 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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If the GOP had any balls, they would have ended it two years ago.


6 posted on 03/21/2019 5:33:08 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Being woke means you can be nasty, hateful and use racist slurs yet feel morally superior.)
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Think of how much lighter our chains will feel, knowing we took the high ground!


7 posted on 03/21/2019 5:35:03 PM PDT by itzmygun (Elitism + hatred of mankind = LIBERALISM)
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Exactly. Its a recipe for creeping socialism where the GOP can say they oppose current laws, but actually support it. McCain and Obamacare.


8 posted on 03/21/2019 5:36:05 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Being woke means you can be nasty, hateful and use racist slurs yet feel morally superior.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Isn’t this a Senate rule? The Dems would have to win the Senate.


9 posted on 03/21/2019 5:38:27 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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Not exactly. All the Democrats have to do is tell the Republicans what they want. The Republicans will make it happen.


10 posted on 03/21/2019 5:42:33 PM PDT by sport
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The filibuster was never meant to be used like the demotards use it. It was supposed to be a rare thing where the minority party could stop the majority BUT ONLY if they got up there and delayed things by talking nonstop. It required serious effort

The current version is just the minority party declares a filibuster on everything and stops the majority and has to make no effort.

Stupid turtle should have gotten rid of it two years ago.


11 posted on 03/21/2019 5:46:46 PM PDT by Cubs Fan
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Mitch McComical...I mean McConnell should have done this 2 years ago. Many were saying as soon as the Democrats retake the Senate they would do exactly that.

Yep stupid turtle should have done it already. he didn't though because he doesn't really want the senate to do anything.

If the repubs become the minority and try to use the filibuster the way the dems do, it will be repealed in no time flat.

12 posted on 03/21/2019 5:50:42 PM PDT by Cubs Fan
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I’m OK with an actual filibuster. Stand and talk or sit and vote.


13 posted on 03/21/2019 5:51:31 PM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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“The most common form of filibuster occurs when one or more senators attempt to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure. The Senate 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) bring the debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII.”


14 posted on 03/21/2019 5:56:16 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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And a judge will find whatever Dems want to be constitutionally cool.


15 posted on 03/21/2019 5:56:48 PM PDT by Luke21 (Vote, vote, vote doesn't work, work work.)
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2020 Dems take aim at filibuster, say Senate tradition should 'go the way of history'

I'm okay with that. The Republican wimps never use it anyway...

16 posted on 03/21/2019 6:43:48 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: antidemoncrat

Stalinists lie. Always

They will cram anything down your stupid serf throat they can.

They are DESPOTIC.


17 posted on 03/21/2019 7:15:18 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Luke21

Whenever the Commie Rat Reds do something, it is “settled”.

Whenever the Republicans try to do the same it’s “literally Hitler!”


18 posted on 03/21/2019 7:16:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

The stupid party just never learns.
Republicans have to be the biggest idiots there are!


19 posted on 03/21/2019 7:49:46 PM PDT by bantam
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To: CMS

You mean “our friends across the isle” want to screw us? NEVER!


20 posted on 03/21/2019 7:51:54 PM PDT by bantam
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