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Response to Nightjock (Reply #11)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 08:35 AM
longship (40,416 posts)
17. Yes. That's it.
Understand that doing such a thing would be exceptionally politically disruptive. We have lived with the filibuster for decades and to get rid of it would likely disrupt the legended comity of the Senate.
However, one could argue that the comity is already all but gone. The Republicans have used the filibuster to politically obstruct a President and his party from governing. 360 cloture votes is unprecedented. I sincerely hope that Harry Reid pulls the trigger in January and that they get the necessary 51 votes. |
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