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Republican Filibuster

There's No Such Thing As A Republican Filibuster: It's Time to Deliver

Andy Stern | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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Andy Stern

There is no such thing as a Republican filibuster. Right now, the only ones who can stand in the way of giving the American people meaningful health care reform are our elected Democratic Senators.

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Reconciliation May Force A Public Option Too Liberal For Some Dems

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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As Senate leaders begin work on a Democrat-only health care bill, they're finding themselves confronted with an unexpected irony: Though the caucus ha...

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A Critique of the Senate Filibuster

Roy Ulrich | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

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Roy Ulrich

Famously, the U.S. Senate is called the more deliberative of the two national legislative bodies. But the filibuster as practiced today is not about deliberation. Deliberation is a good thing. Instead, the modern silent filibuster fosters legislative paralysis.

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Progressives Call For Democrats To Abolish The Filibuster

The American Prospect | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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The most important number in Washington this month is not the $827 billion price tag on the stimulus bill. Nor is it the eye-popping 598,000 jobs lost...

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GOP Learns To Love The Filibuster

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Senate Republicans had no love for the filibuster when they were in the majority, even going so far as to discuss a "nuclear option" of abolishing it....

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Sam Stein

Democratic Congressman Raises Specter Of "Nuclear Option"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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Three years ago, the United States Senate nearly came to a stand still as the Republican majority, citing Democratic obstructionism over judicial appo...

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Sam Stein

GOP Obstruction Has Shattered Previous Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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It has become a routine in the Senate. Last Friday, congressional Republicans, with the aid of a handful of Democrats, successfully obstructed the pas...

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