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onenote

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9. It's hard to say since McConnell won't bring a bill to the floor if it can't get cloture

Reply to standingtall (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 08:30 PM

Dec 2017

I imagine the there are number of pieces of legislation that Senate republicans would like to enact that they can't because they wouldn't be able to get cloture.

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Mitch McConnell is not going to take away the filibuster. [View all] no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 OP

He already took the filibuster away with his installing gorsuch with a simple majority kimbutgar Dec 2017 #1

the filibuster of ordinary legislation remains. for the time being. unblock Dec 2017 #3

+1, history will show him as a Russian traitor no don't uponit7771 Dec 2017 #13

If Democrats pull off a miracle and retake the Senate NewJeffCT Dec 2017 #2

I agree with stopping judicial approvals. David__77 Dec 2017 #4

Where one stands on the filibuster tends to change based on who is in the majority in the Senate onenote Dec 2017 #5

Exactly what republican legislation has standingtall Dec 2017 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Dec 2017 #8

It's hard to say since McConnell won't bring a bill to the floor if it can't get cloture onenote Dec 2017 #9

The filibuster is next to useleless in stopping legislation now standingtall Dec 2017 #6

Not true. onenote Dec 2017 #10

They can do their standingtall Dec 2017 #11

using reconciliation for infrastructure is not that easy onenote Dec 2017 #12