The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is dead. It won't be passed by Reid and this Senate

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[David Dunham]

1. You betcha. Repubs will fillibuster it to DEATH

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2. Let them! The only way EFCA dies is if Senator Reid withdraws it

in response to a Republican filibuster.

All filibusters end.

Wait them out.

Civil rights supporters in the Senate didn't surrender to the segregationists when they filibustered for 57 days against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. Reid doesnt have the balls.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

8. The C of C & Anti-Union Lawyers have publicly described the EFCA

as "Armageddon". Organized Labor has used the similar terms, but not as often nor as loudly.

Time to get LOUD.

[Fire1]

4. Don't tell me this. My poor heart can't take much more. Is this

going to be an up hill battle for four years??? :(

[rurallib]

5. Harry - it only takes 50 votes to pass a bill

and if they want to filibuster let 'em do it. Out loud on the floor.

[hay rick]

6. Delaying EFCA

is probably being used as a bargaining chip in the stimulus negotiations. I think it will be held back until next Spring. If the Repubs filibuster it then, the labor movement will be energized for the mid-terms. IMHO.

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7. So if we elect 80 Democrats to the Senate would we have a fighting chance?

:)