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Whenever Iraq is the issue, and somebody in Congress makes a comment, calls for a vote, or blows their nose, comments fly around like World War III just started. But I admit that I am as opinionated as anybody....
Whenever Iraq is the issue, and somebody in Congress makes a comment, calls for a vote, or blows their nose, comments fly around like World War III just started. But I admit that I am as opinionated as anybody....
03-16-2007, 06:08 PM
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| Lurker Independent 
| Whenever Iraq is the issue, and somebody in Congress makes a comment, calls for a vote, or blows their nose, comments fly around like World War III just started. But I admit that I am as opinionated as anybody. | ||||
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03-17-2007, 10:15 AM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard  Communist Moscow
| The filibuster has went from an extreme measure for extremely controversial legislation to a norm of Senate proceedings. You need 60 votes to pass almost anything now. This is why the Senate gets very little done anymore. The framers believed that a super-majority should be necessary only under the most exceptional circumstances, as listed above, not for day to day work. This current trend of filibuster/cloture sucks pretty hard IMO. | ||||
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