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3. It wasn't Harry Reid

Reply to shanny (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 13, 2019, 01:37 PM

Jul 2019

it was several senators who refused to go along. Two were Leahy and Feinstein who eventually did go along but they were dead set against in 2009 as were many others.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Inslee knocks Sanders, 2020 rivals over filibuster support [View all] brooklynite Jul 2019 OP

He's right. Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #1

+1 BeyondGeography Jul 2019 #4

Good shanny Jul 2019 #2

It wasn't Harry Reid dsc Jul 2019 #3

more fools they. shanny Jul 2019 #5

Filibuster ensures the minority is heard bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #6

I have no problem with them being heard dsc Jul 2019 #7