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Azathoth

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2. Worth remembering that without the filibuster, Obamacare would be gone

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2021, 01:07 AM

Feb 2021

Along with most of the New Deal and Great Society. Ditto the Civil Rights acts, the repeal of DADT, and a whole host of other important laws.

You saw what McConnell was capable of when he was no longer constrained by the filibuster for judicial nominations. Now imagine that applied to every GOP-authored piece of legislation.

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Worth remembering that without the filibuster, Obamacare would be gone Azathoth Feb 2021 #2