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#32
08-16-2011, 05:49 PM
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dreamerperson
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Originally Posted by bertdude7 View Post
It's sorta funny you bring this up about the filibuster, Congress had a chance this year to get rid of the idea of the filibuster, but no. Instead they filibusted the motion to get rid of it. Congress needs to return back to a simple majority rather than a vast majority, unless its Treaties that the Senate is voting on, in which case those require a super majority to pass.
Wow, they filibustered the motion to get rid of a filibuster? That's ridiculously stupid. How do they expect to get anything done at this rate?

If they had gotten rid of the filibuster last year, the DREAM Act would be a freaking reality already. Ughhh.
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