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Joe's right; screaming and yelling and then voting against a sure to be confirmed nominee pleases the base (as the Democrats showed when all but four voted against Alito) but actually long-term fillibustering one will be problematic for all Republican Senators not representing the deep South or Utah.
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Now they are afraid of Democrats fillibustering any ammendments they propose!
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This would never have happened if the Republicans would have just man'd up and accepted that they are the minority and they lost big time instead of fillibustering EVERYTHING.
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You mean ‘mouthpiece for possibly the most dishonest wh*reson Senator about fillibustering judicial nominees in the entire Senate, which is saying a lot’.
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He is fillibustering because Congress is required to figure out where the money is going to come from.
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How about the Democrats fillibustering Miguel Estrada because they didn't want a Bush appointed Hispanic to the circuit court?
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They're trying everything they have to stop health care reform, including fillibustering a bill on funding the troops; the troops they seem to only care about in campaigns, apparently.
McConnell: Health care bill a 'legislative train wreck' 2009
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How nice of them ... now maybe they can stop fillibustering EVERYTHING else?
Republican senator says no filibuster attempt against Sotomayor 2009
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Incidentally, the dems have been fillibustering on issues when in the minority, just like the republicans have been.
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Of course, not in connection with the Republicans, who have been fillibustering their collective asses off.
NY Times: Democratic Withdrawal Bill Is "Pandering To The Base" 2009
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