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drray23

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3. Thats notable. Its a start

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 02:08 PM

Mar 2021

Sharp departure from his previous stance of never wanting to do anything about the fillibuster. Maybe we can get to a point where its systematic use to block any bill no matter what is too burdensome for the GOP. This used to be the case until it was gradually loosened over the years where now all it takes is to invoke it and thats it.

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