1.0 link 169117 <![CDATA[The Myth Of The Filibuster: Dems Can't Make Republicans Talk All Night]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/23/the-myth-of-the-filibuste_n_169117.html Hoping for a C-SPAN spectacle of GOP obstruction, some impatient Democrats are urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to call Republicans on their filibuster bluff.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) made a plea typical of the genre, recently telling Politico that Reid should force Republicans into a filibustering talk-a-thon, "so that the American people can see who's undermining action."

By threatening a filibuster, the shrunken bloc of 41 GOP senators has just enough members to prevent a vote,...

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