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Eliminating it is ‘the nuclear option’

Posted on: January 11, 2019 at 16:11:45 CT
Spanky KU
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Getting rid of cloture eliminates the possibility of a compromise on legislation because the majority party has no incentive to negotiate
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It's almost as if some republican representatives don't have - StaleyTiger MU - 1/11 15:25:02
     What is that guy supposed to be - TigerJackSwartz MU - 1/11 16:07:54
     ^^^^^Should know better than to trust a Republican - "Wild Bill" Donovan MU - 1/11 16:04:08
     R u saying they didn’t need demonrat support? U r a tard or - TigerFan92 MU - 1/11 16:02:44
     Anything is possible in the multiverse - JG A - 1/11 15:47:39
     The House passed a funding measure that Dems blocked - Spanky KU - 1/11 15:32:16
          Would that not have needed repub votes?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 1/11 15:43:16
               The House measure? - Spanky KU - 1/11 15:53:24
                    Ok. Cloture is an unneeded anachronism IMO. - GA Tiger MU - 1/11 15:56:52
                         Eliminating it is ‘the nuclear option’ - Spanky KU - 1/11 16:11:45
     That means nothing. What I want to know is why - GA Tiger MU - 1/11 15:27:24
          trump was holding onto this distraction until he needed it(nm) - TheShoe STL - 1/11 15:33:48
               I hardly see why he needs it now. Or what it - GA Tiger MU - 1/11 15:34:45
          Just a hunch… Paul Ryan. Nm - hokie VT - 1/11 15:31:13
               RE: Just a hunch… Paul Ryan. Nm - MOCO SON MU - 1/11 15:53:29
               I think youre right. (nm) - Badird MU - 1/11 15:51:19
               Can't argue that.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 1/11 15:32:37
          You mean why did the republican-controlled senate and the - StaleyTiger MU - 1/11 15:30:34
               Or that Senate Dems wouldn't allow cloture once the - Spanky KU - 1/11 15:34:47
                    Something I just looked up on this subject. - GA Tiger MU - 1/11 15:39:55
                         "speech goes to South Carolina's J. Strom Thurmond who filib - "Wild Bill" Donovan MU - 1/11 16:08:00
                         Because they don't actually filibuster anymore - Spanky KU - 1/11 15:52:07
               There may be a lot of right-wingers who'd agree with that. - GA Tiger MU - 1/11 15:34:05
                    ^^^^^^^^^Lives in an alternate reality with alternate facts. - "Wild Bill" Donovan MU - 1/11 16:09:45
                         Are you saying they don't? Ever notice - GA Tiger MU - 1/11 16:35:47




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