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  • WaPo has drastic change of heart about traditional filibuster after Sen. Rand Paul actually does one

    03/10/2013 9:52:01 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 14 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 3:47 pm on March 8, 2013 | Mary Katharine Ham
    The Washington Post editorial board, Jan. 16, 2013: The editorial is entitled, “Progress in the Senate,” and praises tweaks made to Senate filibuster rules by Sens. Reid and McConnell while also noting the need for further reform. Among reform options, making senators who wish to filibuster actually perform a traditional, talking filibuster: The Senate’s leaders deserve praise not only for what they did but for how they did it. Instead of jamming more ambitious reforms through on a partisan, simple-majority vote, Mr. Reid hashed them out with Mr. McConnell. In so doing, he offered a rare example of bipartisan...