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markbark

(1,633 posts)

9. Change the rules.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 10:45 AM

Jan 2021

Moscow Mitch wants to keep the filibuster?
Fine.
Change the rules to the "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" settings.
You want to filibuster something? OK... Start talking. The filibuster lasts as long as you can talk. No potty breaks, no tag-teaming, no NOTHING! If it's that important, you'll keep going.

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Mitch McConnell Threatens To Burn Down The Senate If Democrats Take Away His 'Precious' [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP

Fuck that guy. Dump the filibuster and let's be the majority! 634-5789 Jan 2021 #1

MINORITY LEADER is having a sad. gab13by13 Jan 2021 #2

Mitch gets upset when Democrats act just like him. If it was beneficial for him, the filibuster Vinca Jan 2021 #3

Well we know that republicans do not play well with others .. . Iliyah Jan 2021 #4

2022 can't come soon enough Tarc Jan 2021 #5

Gravedigger of Democracy Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #6

Wait, so why is it ONLY when DEMS filibuster or remove it that it's unprescedented power grab? TigressDem Jan 2021 #7

Again? He must be getting good mileage out of this agitprop. Hortensis Jan 2021 #8

Change the rules. markbark Jan 2021 #9

Force McConnell's bluff SmartVoter22 Jan 2021 #10

Ok let him do it. SlogginThroughIt Jan 2021 #11

does bdamomma Jan 2021 #12

It "would drain comity." There's any left to drain? Buns_of_Fire Jan 2021 #13

effing ahole... stillcool Jan 2021 #14

Isn't it already at a halt? MiniMe Jan 2021 #15

Moscow Mitch should be put in a corner with a bottle. Let him talk to the walls. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #16

DNC should form a task force specifically to deal with McConnell PufPuf23 Jan 2021 #17

Kill the fucking filibuster I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2021 #18