First in Filibusters
As Unstable Isotope mentioned yesterday, the Senate Democrats are looking to re-work the Senate rules of filibusters. It turns out that facts show us that Republicans in the 111th Congress broke the filibuster record by a large, large freaking margin.
It’s looking like that number of votes won’t change to overturn a filibuster, but what might change is what a Senator can filibuster on and how they can do it. Yeah, I know this is another video from The Last Word, but it does give a good overview of what may happen in January.
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Correct me if I’m wring, but are Democrats changing the rules just in time to tie their own wrists behind their backs?
No, because the media only lets Republicans get away with filibustering.
Comment by jason330 on 24 December 2010 at 10:28 am:
Correct me if I’m
wringwrong, but are Democrats changing the rules just in time to tie their own wrists behind their backs?More than happy to correct you if you’re wrong, Jason. I fixed a spelling error, otherwise, …you’re spot on.