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liveoaktx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-25-06 12:31 PM
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Someone at Reid's office told me that ANY Senator at ANY time
can filibuster. I asked if that meant that they didn't have to wait for Reid, and he said yes. I said, so there is NO plan to filibuster this creep? He said he didn't know what was going on behind the scenes so I iterated that this is fight worth waging, even if the crooked Republicans threaten to shut the Senate down.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-25-06 12:34 PM
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1. As much as it is true, the only chance of winning this filibuster comes
Edited on Wed Jan-25-06 12:34 PM by Mass
if it is coordinated at the leadership level.

Any senator can refuse the UC and force a vote on cloture, but, if this is an isolated effort, as much as I would welcome it, it would probably mean that it will be a losing effort.
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davidwparker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-25-06 12:34 PM
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2. Agreed. Let them shut the Senate down in their need for more
power and to wipe their feet on the Constitution.
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