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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 12:52 PM
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27. 41 Senators rotating the floor can tie up the government for months, if not years
The Civil Rights Act filibuster on for months and it didn't end because they got tired and went home. It ended because Mansfield and Johnson finally got Dirksen to deliver enough Republican votes for cloture.
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