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Author Topic:   Should We Get Rid of the Filibuster?
Minnemooseus
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06-18-2019 9:13 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Taq
06-18-2019 11:52 AM


Filebuster away, but you have to do the talking
My understanding of the filibuster is that it is essentially unlimited debate on a bill. A Senator (or series of Senators) can get the floor an talk until they drop. It has been termed "talking a bill to death".
It seem that the system is now that a Senator can declare a filibuster, but not actually have to do the talking part. Unless the bulk of the Senate votes to terminate debate, it seems an individual Senator can kill a bill. One thought is, yes you can do a filibuster, but you have to do the talking part.
Moose

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