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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,273 posts) Mon Apr 4, 2022, 02:45 PM Apr 2022

Why the Filibuster Has to Go

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Why the Filibuster Has to Go (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP

Key facts missing from the story... PoliticAverse Apr 2022 #1

PoliticAverse

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1. Key facts missing from the story...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Apr 4, 2022, 03:05 PM

Apr 2022

The filibuster can be modified or eliminated at any time with 50+ votes.

The Democrats don't have the 50 votes to eliminate or modify the filibuster permanently.

The filibuster can be overridden on individual bills, but all 50 Democrats have rarely agreed to do that.

(And whoever thought it was a good idea to keep switching to a picture of the speaker talking on a laptop - it isn't)

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