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marble falls

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2. Because the GOP under Reagan fixed it that way. We Democrats used the filibuster the way it ...

Reply to TomDaisy (Original post)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 02:00 PM

Jun 2021

... was meant to be used: to give cooler heads a chance to work out disagreement and achieve bipartisanship. It was not meant only to derail the other party.

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I don't understand why the GOP isn't being forced to do an actual talking filibuster [View all] TomDaisy Jun 2021 OP

The filibuster was changed in the 1970's USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2021 #1

Because the GOP under Reagan fixed it that way. We Democrats used the filibuster the way it ... marble falls Jun 2021 #2

Because it would require a rules change leftieNanner Jun 2021 #3

Which is dumb because it's not like the rules on it hadn't changed before USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2021 #4