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Nancy Waterman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 11:02 AM
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Early January - time to water down the filibuster a lot
Now is the time to push for it. Some of the Dems are afraid to make the change. It can be done with a simple majority and Biden right when the session opens. Now is the time to get commitments from our Senators. I don't know which ones are waffling but some are.


If we don't do this, NOTHING of Obama's will pass the Senate for two years.
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 11:07 AM
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1. At the least, we should change the rules and require the filibuster to actually be a lot of work.
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Nancy Waterman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 11:19 AM
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2. Exactly
We don't need to abolish it, but it should be a real filibuster, and it should be time limited, moving from 60 to 55 and then back to majority within weeks.
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