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PhilipTheBucket ( PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au )  to PoliticsEnglish · 1 year ago

Republicans push back against Trump’s call to end the Senate filibuster

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Republicans push back against Trump’s call to end the Senate filibuster

www.aljazeera.com

PhilipTheBucket ( PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au )  to PoliticsEnglish · 1 year ago
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The filibuster allows the minority party in the US Senate to block bills should they fail to reach 60 votes in favour.
  • Che Banana ( The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 
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    Ok, my point may have been that they can use it but don’t know how to effectively … because I’m not sure you’ve noticed how the bar has been moved so far right that Reagan is now considered a moderate centrist

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      Have you noticed how we don’t have many (almost any) new laws passing? The filibuster is why. The house passes all kinds of vile bills and the senate promptly lets the bills die

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        Sure. The land of the free has become so great lately…again.

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