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Busting up the Filibuster
DECEMBER 17, 2009 6:56AM
Topics: ordinary legislation, ordinary law, law, legislation, constitutional amendment, amendment, interpreting the constitution, interpret the constitution, constitution, interpret, loophole, confirmation, supreme court, procedural obstacle, procedural block, block voting, blocked vote, block vote, veto, procedural, procedure, voting, simple majority, majority, senate, filibuster, supermajority, super-majority, politics
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No fair! Democrats are behaving like meanie Republicans!
JULY 17, 2009 7:16PM
Topics: objection, out of order, ruled, ruling, tabled, table, appealed, appeal, minority point of view, majority, minority, policy, golden rule, what goes around comes around, just desserts, hypocrisy, fussing, whining, suppression, suppressed, not voted upon, voted upon, light of day, come to a vote, up for vote, up for a vote, vote, spending, appropriations, fairness, walden, greg walden (r), rep greg walden, representative greg walden, congress, protest, privilege, procedural, rule nine, rule 9, house of representatives, politics
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