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ieoeja

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9. They must be new then.

Reply to BlueMan Votes (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 04:08 PM

Nov 2012

Because when Senate Republicans had only 40 members during Obama's first two years in office, not one Republican Senator voted to end a filibuster even one time. Even the Maine Republicans who said they agreed with Obama would not oppose their Party when it came to a filibuster.

So which Republican Senators have been replaced by an "America before Party" Republican?

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Is it worth changing (even killing) filibuster to get liberal SC justices? [View all] WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #1

Yes Anthony McCarthy Nov 2012 #2

not necessarily. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #3

That's a risk, then, that you're willing to take? WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2012 #4

it's not a "risk" that is mine, or yours to take. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #12

They must be new then. ieoeja Nov 2012 #9

refresh my memory- how many of Obama's SC nominees were filibustered in his first term? BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #10

Uh, YES! Warpy Nov 2012 #5

I wouldn't say kill the filibuster but it does need to be ammended. chowder66 Nov 2012 #6

You could use the model that the British used for House of Lords reform Ken Burch Nov 2012 #13

Hell Yes get the red out Nov 2012 #7

I would not eliminate it entirely but bring it back to its original intent and form..... Swede Atlanta Nov 2012 #8

When the Dems were in the minority in the Bush era, they NEVER used the damn filibuster Ken Burch Nov 2012 #11

Perhaps not killing it, but certainly Still Sensible Nov 2012 #14

They don't even have EC Nov 2012 #15