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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:25 AM Original message |
"Dems signal push for filibuster reform" |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. So this helps to reduce effectiveness of |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Really? Now? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's What I Thought Too |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Exactly |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. YEP ... |
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Epiphany4z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. a bit late no? |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. Better late than never .... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. What Happens If And When The Republicans Become The Majority In 012? |
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sadbear (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. That's a foregone conclusion |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. They go bezerk with new tax cutting |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. "If"??? Preventing that possibility should be UPPERMOST on our minds! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't understand why they would reform the filibuster just when they might need it |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Why Do Some Of Them Oppose A Compromise Now When They Will Only Get A Worse One Later? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It is but even if Republican's use it against us I am willing to take that for a future |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Maybe I Am Missing Something |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. In 2012, if the Republicans have the majority and the Dems haven't |
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bbrady42 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's absolutely right. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If the Dems had changed the rules two years ago, history would |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That Would Leave Us At The Mercy Of A Republican House For The Next Ten Years |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Wakeup, you're already subject to the tyranny of a Republican Minority. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. If The Repubs Had Total Control Of The Govt Things Would Be A Lot Worse |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Possibly. It also might have allowed our Dem President, Dem Senate |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It's Moot Anyway Though My Point Stands |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That's a good point. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. So, next year it will be easier for the Senate to pass bills that GOP-controlled House sends it |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. So why didn't they do this when they had 60 members? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Because It Takes Sixty Seven |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sure, now that the House is in GOP |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
28. I wish it were by Q&A attendance and participation. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. Great timing! |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
31. This is the best news I have heard in months. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
32. Unrec for stupidity of Dems. |
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