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Why didn't Obama pass CIR when he had a chance? - Page 2

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some where in the post says, "257 democrats in the House and, a filibuster-proof majority of 60 Democrats in the Senate", even when there were 60 democrat senators, It wouldn't have passed, as you recall, at least 3 or 4 of the senators constantly voted were against it like this guy Max Baucus and Mark Pryor . The only way it could pass is with bipartisan support. It was never as simple as just having senate and house full of democrats, they still failed
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some where in the post says, "257 democrats in the House and, a filibuster-proof majority of 60 Democrats in the Senate", even when there were 60 democrat senators, It wouldn't have passed, as you recall, at least 3 or 4 of the senators constantly voted were against it like this guy Max Baucus and Mark Pryor . The only way it could pass is with bipartisan support. It was never as simple as just having senate and house full of democrats, they still failed
Not only that but by the time the senate election in Minnesota was resolved and Al Franken was allowed the take the oath to truly make it a 60 vote majority senate, Senator Kennedy had passed away thus bringing it back to 59 thus not making it filibuster-proof.

What the leadership should have done away with the filibuster back in 2009 right after the democrats had won the Senate and the House...their argument however was that it would set a precedent to which the Republicans would be able to do the same in the Senate not allowing the Democrats to block legislation in the case they ever won the majority. The irony is that had the Democrats done away with the filibuster, their agenda would have passed, economic reform, true healthcare reform and immigration reform would have been a done deal and they would have made the country a better place thus ensuring their re-election for the next 2 decades...but no, they wimped out and now they control neither chamber. Fortune favors the bold.
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