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11. The GOP spent Obama's last 2 years putting "holds" on his appointees

and did the same for certain legislation as well. Tom Coburn (now former Senator) was the master at it. I watched that fucker hold up final appropriations funding for the Pigford II case (Black Farmers) for 6 months, with his "hold" and objections, that kept the funding from an unanimous consent (the UDSA approved, the courts approved, and legislation had been approved and just needed the separate funding piece).

Such use requires cloture votes to break the hold (which as noted in post #8, can gum up the works by forcing them to go through the regular process, which in the Senate, is extended). I just never understood why our side hasn't started using these tactics. Maybe because we have been losing the more senior members who were aware of all the rules and the rule book (with past precedents).