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To: xzins
Devos, for example, was not filibustered was she? She won on a straight majority vote.
Oh, come on, now!

You do understand that Democrats make the rules to suit themselves, and expect that the Republicans will abide by them.

Reid didn’t have any SCOTUS nominees to confirm while he was in the majority and making the rules - so he “retained" the filibuster for SCOTUS nominees.

Now the shoe is on the other foot; the Republicans have the majority and the filibuster is a problem for Republicans. But as you well know, sauce for the Democrat goose is never to be sauce for the Republican gander; the one immutable rule is that it would be wrong for a Republican to change the rules.

Even tho Hillary’s running mate, arrogantly assuming that the Democrat would win the election both of the Senate and of the WH, warned that after the Democrats won they would not leave the filibuster in place for SCOTUS nominees to their own disadvantage.


45 posted on 03/28/2017 7:15:44 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which ‘liberalism’ coheres is that NOTHING ACTUALLY MATTERS except PR.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Is there some rule that says they must declare a filibuster before voting begins?


47 posted on 03/28/2017 7:17:49 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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