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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-26-08 03:27 PM
Response to Reply #27
28. you might see this as an excuse, but that 60 vote cloture rule is the problem
Edited on Tue Feb-26-08 03:29 PM by LSK
If you are Senator Obama or Clinton, please tell me what you would do within the context of the existing rules of the Senate and how our system of Govt works?

I am sure you will not deny that Russ Feingold is as passionate as anyone is with regards to all of the Bush crimes of the past 8 years but even he cannot do much right now.
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