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PoindexterOglethorpe

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7. In theory it could be done.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 01:19 PM

Sep 2020

I am just sorry the votes needed to end a filibuster was changed. A real filibuster is what needs to happen, where the members actually stand up and talk and talk for as long as it takes.

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If Trump nominates anyone, couldn't Democrats in senate filibuster the nomination? [View all] Stuart G Sep 2020 OP

No filibuster anymore zaj Sep 2020 #1

Filibuster is gone. Kavanaugh was approved 50-48. TwilightZone Sep 2020 #2

I am sorry, I forgot this change in rules...I was totally wrong.. Stuart G Sep 2020 #5

No worries. TwilightZone Sep 2020 #6

GOP will do this unthinkable thing and we will reverse it later. Increase court, alternative Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #3

No. PTWB Sep 2020 #4

In theory it could be done. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #7

I am waiting for idiot Trump to Bev54 Sep 2020 #8