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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 06:50 PM Original message |
Reid Dismisses Harkin's Bid to Change Filibuster Rules |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reid is a Secret Republican. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Agreed. Reid should not be the leader of the Democrats in the Senate. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. He almost certainly won't be, come next January. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. And when the situation was reversed, Dems leadership did NOTHING . . .!! |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Not so secret, actually. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow Reid capitulates |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. It takes 67 votes to change the rule? Sounds like Reid is right... why even bother? |
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salib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It only takes 50 +1 votes |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Not to change the rule, but to end a filibuster about changing a rule. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Same here, let the votes be known. |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Filibuster will only die once a party has a MEGA-MAJORITY. |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is baloney |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. If the Senate stopped, would anybody notice? |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Constitution requires |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The Constitution requires nothing of the sort. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Make them do a real filibuster. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Make them do a real filibuster. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. I hate to lose another Democratic Senator, but I will be so frickin' glad to see Reid lose |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. To quote KO, "Here, kitty, kitty..." n/t |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. All those words to avoid revealing the truth: Reid is bought... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Some background on Senate rules |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. The Democrats in Congress are scrambling. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. The rule that says you need 67 votes to invoke cloture to change a rule ... |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. "It takes 67 votes." |
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BobMackenze (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Right: Reid shows himself against majority rule (Filibuster "Nuclear Option") |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Reid doesn't want to have to work the bill. n/t |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Reid dismisses last chance to salvage own legacy; embraces defeat and historical dismissal" |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Make them Filibuster... |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Reid is lying - a simple majority is all that's needed. |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. Built in |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Harkin = Soul.... Reid = Souless and a disasterous Harvey Milk Toast |
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