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JHan

(10,173 posts) Wed Feb 1, 2017, 06:13 PM Feb 2017

I don't care if the Republicans remove the filibuster.. [View all]

They used it far too effectively against Obama.

If they remove it now, it's on them.

So let's raise the stakes for 2018 and 2020.

We have to recapture Congress and the Presidency, and if Republicans remove the filibuster now, whenever they're in the minority they'll have fewer tools of obstructionism on hand to frustrate a Democratic President.

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I don't care if the Republicans remove the filibuster.. [View all] JHan Feb 2017 OP

yes apparently all we can do MFM008 Feb 2017 #1

That may be the price we have to pay to get our government back ? kentuck Feb 2017 #2

Things are going to get fked up pretty soon, Democrats have a real opportunity here JHan Feb 2017 #3

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They won't do it! Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #5

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28 USC Section 1 Mike Niendorff Feb 2017 #6

Two issues: the repubs won't eliminate the filibuster across the board, at least not initially onenote Feb 2017 #8

When, not if, but when we gain control of the Senate and the WH old guy Feb 2017 #10