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Pryderi

(6,772 posts) Fri Dec 7, 2012, 07:04 PM Dec 2012

17 bills that likely would have passed the Senate if it didn’t have the filibuster

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/05/17-bills-that-likely-would-have-passed-the-senate-if-it-didnt-have-the-filibuster/

Arguments over the filibuster tend to devolve into relatively esoteric debates about minority rights and majority rule. But let’s ground this conversation in real-world consequences: In the absence of the filibuster, what laws would have passed the Senate that didn’t?

Public option

Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)

DREAM Act

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17 bills that likely would have passed the Senate if it didn’t have the filibuster (Original Post) Pryderi Dec 2012 OP

Good points and MI's right to work law just passed would have failed if MI Senate had a filibuster. jody Dec 2012 #1

jody

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1. Good points and MI's right to work law just passed would have failed if MI Senate had a filibuster.

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Fri Dec 7, 2012, 07:31 PM

Dec 2012

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