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Old 07-11-2013, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Northern CA
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What goes around comes around. It's sort of strange that the house is in Republican hands but the Senate isn't. Given the way Senators are elected it should really be the other way around.

Given that, whatever rules the Dems put in place to strangle the filibuster may come back to haunt them if the Republicans take back the Senate, and keep those rules in place.
As usual, they never look forward, demorats are always playing catchup and trying to ban fair competition.
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Old 07-11-2013, 03:03 PM
 
Location: Littleton, CO
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Didn't dimwits just filibuster over the abortion bill?
Wow. So much politics, geography and current events bolluxed up in a single question.
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Old 07-11-2013, 03:56 PM
 
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All of this will be used against Democrats, including the NSA database.

Enjoy.
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Old 07-11-2013, 04:19 PM
 
Location: Northern CA
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Here it is, a 13 hour filibuster by demorats on abortion restrictions.
They just don't like it when Republicans do it.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor late Tuesday suspended a senator’s filibuster against wide-ranging abortion restrictions, but Democrats moved quickly to appeal the decision and set off a parliamentary fight over the rules.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst after determining that Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis strayed off the topic when she talked about a sonogram bill passed in 2011 and how the new abortion restrictions only compounded the anti-abortion laws in Texas.
Democrats immediately appealed the decision and set off a heated debate. Austin Democratic Sen. Kirk Watson appeared to be positioning himself to launch a new filibuster on Dewhurst’s decision.
Wearing pink tennis shoes to prepare for nearly 13 consecutive hours of standing, Davis began the day with a one-woman filibuster to block a GOP-led effort to impose stringent new abortion restrictions across the nation’s second-most populous state.
The filibuster began at 11:18 a.m. CDT Tuesday and continued until 10:03 p.m., less than two hours before the midnight deadline marking the end of the 30-day special session.
Abortion Bill Filibuster Broken « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

Texas Democrats plan marathon filibuster to block tough abortion bill | Fox News
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Old 07-11-2013, 04:42 PM
 
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Thank God President Obama has stopped talking about bipartisanism, as far as I know.
lol, true, true. Ram it in and if you try to change anything so more can accept it then call them obstructionist.
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Old 07-11-2013, 05:09 PM
 
Location: Holly Springs, NC USA
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Thank God President Obama has stopped talking about bipartisanism, as far as I know.
And all he did was talk about it and most of the Left Wing Idiots believed it would actually happen.
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Old 07-12-2013, 06:46 AM
 
Location: On the Group W bench
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As usual, they never look forward, demorats are always playing catchup and trying to ban fair competition.
Oh, Claud. I'm so embarrassed for you, I can't stand it.

The topic is the Senate in Washington DC. You know, the federal government?

I'm almost afraid to ask if you know the difference between Texas and the United States.

And you calling other people dimwits ... really, your humiliation is complete.
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