filibuster

Kill the filibuster? Be careful what you wish for

by Karoli on February 2, 2010 · 3 comments

Tobias Higbie on Flickr/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 It’s easy to call for filibuster death when one backs the party in the majority; less so when in the minority. In legislation, the filibuster is one of the few means the minority party has to be heard. The problem isn’t the filibuster; it’s the Republicans.

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Joe Lieberman wants a filibuster? Well, we can filibuster, too.

by Karoli on October 27, 2009 · 9 comments

As far as I’m concerned, Joe Lieberman became a waste of breath the day he stood against the very same party that nominated and paid for him to run for Vice President and endorsed John McCain over Barack Obama. Not just endorsed, actually… he even advised him. I’m certain he knows this. I’m even more [...]

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