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If the Democrats in the Senate don't change the filibuster rule (Original Post) prodigitalson May 2021 OP
Why didn't they do it when they owned the House, Senate, and White House? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2021 #1
They knew they were gonna lose it Fullduplexxx May 2021 #2
Because they don't govern, they just obfuscate Bev54 May 2021 #3
Well, the only thing that seems to be on the agenda was tax cuts and judicial nominations In It to Win It May 2021 #5
They understood way back in the 1980s/90s that they couldn't hold onto the congress erronis May 2021 #4
100% nt doc03 May 2021 #6
There appear to be enough Senators of both parties Locutusofborg May 2021 #7

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,741 posts)
1. Why didn't they do it when they owned the House, Senate, and White House?
Sun May 30, 2021, 01:42 PM
May 2021

They did it for judicial votes, but not for bills. I wonder why not?

Bev54

(11,912 posts)
3. Because they don't govern, they just obfuscate
Sun May 30, 2021, 02:12 PM
May 2021

and don't need to break a filibuster to do that, as they have shown, they need the filibuster to prevent the dems from governing.

In It to Win It

(9,436 posts)
5. Well, the only thing that seems to be on the agenda was tax cuts and judicial nominations
Sun May 30, 2021, 04:08 PM
May 2021

They didn’t need to nuke the filibuster for tax cuts and one thing that required the filibuster proof majority was SCOTUS confirmations, and they nuked the filibuster when they had to.

If they want something as bad as they want a SCOTUS seat, they’ll nuke the filibuster.

erronis

(16,777 posts)
4. They understood way back in the 1980s/90s that they couldn't hold onto the congress
Sun May 30, 2021, 02:38 PM
May 2021

so they decided which pieces they would obstruct then, and which pieces now.

This is nothing about governing. It is about playing a deadly game of checkers with an opponent who can/will throw the pieces off the board if they are losing.

Locutusofborg

(540 posts)
7. There appear to be enough Senators of both parties
Sun May 30, 2021, 04:36 PM
May 2021

Who want to preserve the filibuster for when the opposition is in the majority.

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