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FBaggins

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5. Those two statements don't go together

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 09:30 AM

Mar 2017

They can filibuster if they want... But they don't have the power to leave the seat open.

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Democrats should make a deal on Gorsuch - WaPo Editorial Board [View all] DonViejo Mar 2017 OP

Uh! No! Democrats should filibuster Gorsuch! longship Mar 2017 #1

Those two statements don't go together FBaggins Mar 2017 #5

"would be deeply unwise and injure both parties in the long term" - no supporting argument for that PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #2

What exactly is the "deal" we're supposed to make? Va Lefty Mar 2017 #3

There's a pay wall, so would you please post the part headlined: what is the proposed deal? JudyM Mar 2017 #4

Haven't read the article, but what I saw yesterday was... FBaggins Mar 2017 #7

So we should MurrayDelph Mar 2017 #11

Every legal means should be used to deny Gorsuch this seat. Squinch Mar 2017 #6

I just hope Mcconnell doesn't go nuclear yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #8

He can do what he is going to do. All we can do is say "no" at every turn. And we should. Squinch Mar 2017 #9

answers mean nothing. His record tells the true story yurbud Mar 2017 #10

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