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To: Kaslin

End the 60 vote requirement. It is unconstitutional and is damaging the ability of government to function.


2 posted on 01/05/2019 9:13:17 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Or, alternatively, require that the filibuster be an old fashioned one. The opposing congress critters must be on the floor 24/7 orating.


4 posted on 01/05/2019 9:29:24 AM PST by erkelly
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To: Louis Foxwell

“End the 60 vote requirement. It is unconstitutional and is damaging the ability of government to function.”

That ended for judges in 2014 and justices in 2017, otherwise we wouldn’t have Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and dozens of lower court judges on the bench.

The ONLY delay tactic that the Democrats have is the 30-hour rule, which allows them to demand 30 hours of floor time for each judge. With 51 or 52 votes, it doesn’t take very many Republicans to keep that rule in place - with 53 votes, MAYBE that rule will end. God, I hope so.


5 posted on 01/05/2019 9:34:50 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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