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posted 28 July 2021 06:49 PM
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/...n-sinema-ncna1275219


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posted 28 July 2021 07:51 PMHide Post
The filibuster for the greatest part of its history was very infrequently used. It wasn't a threshold requirement for every piece of legislation.

If it were kept to that original idea ... something wielded, like powerful weaponry ... only when urgently needed, I might agree. But, when it's used as a blockade against everything, it's outlived the purpose that he's describing.
 
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posted 28 July 2021 08:05 PMHide Post
I never thought much of Thom Tillis.

Didn't think much of Mel, either.


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posted 29 July 2021 10:03 AMHide Post
What happens when the other side needs to be blocked from doing something radical? If you kill the filibuster process, it might come back to haunt you.
 
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