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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLast night Dems held a historic filibuster to get rid of the NRA's influence
Last night Dems held a historic filibuster to get rid of outside interests when it comes to gun laws.
Where was Senator Sanders?
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Last night Dems held a historic filibuster to get rid of the NRA's influence (Original Post)
StayFrosty
Jun 2016
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He voted to give gun corps immunity, I don't expect he to be anywhere around that fight
uponit7771
Jun 2016
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Autumn
(48,868 posts)1. He was busy. nt
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)2. Working on his tax returns?
Oh, I kid the senator from Vermont!
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)3. He was stroking his own ego. nt
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)4. figuring out how to defeat the 'real' enemies, DWS and Barney Frank nt
uponit7771
(93,504 posts)5. He voted to give gun corps immunity, I don't expect he to be anywhere around that fight
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)9. They're enemies to the people of this nation.
aikoaiko
(34,213 posts)6. Finishing up his campaign. There will be lots of ops to support gun control, but the campaign is now
CanadaexPat
(496 posts)7. Pure theatre.
The most that could come out of it is expanded use of a secret list. Dems used to oppose stuff like that.
hack89
(39,181 posts)8. Need to actually pass some laws before calling it historical
If nothing comes out of it it is merely political theater.
Florencenj2point0
(435 posts)10. Still on the race track
