voices.washingtonpost.com - 7/23/2009
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I think that they should put the filibuster back to what would be useful- a way to extend debate on something that the majority is trying to ram through quickly. So if the minority wants to extend debate on something then it would take 60 votes. But a week later after more debate then the next ...
washingtonpost.com - 7/26/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com - 7/28/2009
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I don't think Ezra really understands how this
plays out at the user end of the stick....
Pass "reform" without a public option, and you've got nothing. Oh sure, everyone in the industry and Congress will talk about how they're "innovating" and saving ...
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- The 19.5 Years Test
voices.washingtonpost.com - 7/28/2009
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... ) defended Obama's answer. THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Why We Should Eliminate The Filibuster The Washington Post 's Ezra Klein : "When you talk about potentially eliminating the filibuster, liberals have a tendency to quickly ...
Can I Even Get An Isolated Random Anectdote?
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Not being on the top-secret list I can't say whether someone actually did come up with one. But I'm amused that the small and odd band of progressives attempting to defend the filibuster could apparently only muster a case -- privatizing social security -- in which the filibuster was completely irrelevant. (In addition to Matt and Ezra, see Pierson -- the basics of the welfare state proved similarly durable in Westminster systems.) Of course, even if someone could come up with an isolated example of the filibuster having a progressive ...
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