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customerserviceguy

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13. I predict that in the near future

Reply to dawg (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 03:37 PM

Apr 2013

we're going to be damned glad that the fillibuster rules are still in place. It means that what you might call a supermajority of consensus from the states, each one having two votes, is needed for public policy change. We hate that when it works against us, but we will appreciate it when it works for us.

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