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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plan to be back in office Tuesday. Nice that he gave people the weekend to get back from furloughcation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-on-senate-republicans-to-get-rid-of-the-filibuster/[/quote]

They don’t have the votes for this.  While Trump is too dumb to realize it, most of the republican senators realize the filibuster helps them way more than it helps democrats.[/quote]

I don't understand this actually. Keeping this non-political, I have to think that if key R senators don't want to do this, they are afraid of something but I'm not sure what. They must be afraid that it will help Ds more but I'm not seeing the thread. [/quote]

Under current rules, it is much easier to stop doing something than to start doing something.  That advantages the R side because they want a small government.  Without the filibuster, for example, Ds could come in and institute Medicare-for-all with 50 senators and the VP.  [/quote]

Also, tax cuts, which is always the number 1 republican policy priority, are exempt from the filibuster under reconciliation [/quote]

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