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Filibuster
Kevin Drum raises an important question:
I wonder how many Americans understand that you can’t pass legislation in America with 50% of the votes in Congress? How many of them understand that, outside of budget resolutions, you need 60 votes in the Senate? That a filibuster isn’t a matter of Jimmy Stewart talking himself ragged for hours on end…
The point is that, even though the Democrats have a one-vote majority in the Senate, they cannot pass legislation when Republicans filibuster. And somehow, filibuster is no longer the dirty word it was when the Republicans had a small majority and the Democrats were blocking the votes.
Postscript: Even though Bluegrass Reports has closed shop, I’ve found, via Open Left, a couple of other lefty blogs of local political interest: The Hillbilly Report and Ditch Mitch. I saw a Ditch Mitch bumper sticker the other day, a refreshing sight.
Postscript: And don’t forget BlueGrassRoots.
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2 Comments
1. MediaCzech replies at 10th July 2007, 11:01 pm :
Don’t forget us- BlueGrassRoots
We had a monster June.
2. sherry replies at 11th July 2007, 3:09 pm :
Thanks for speaking out MediaCzech. I sure didn’t mean to leave out BlueGrassRoots.
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