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Thread #134618   Message #3066326
Posted By: Genie
03-Jan-11 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hate the Filibuster??? You can...
Subject: RE: BS: Hate the Filibuster??? You can...
Yes, it's important to contact our Senators - even the Republican and, especially, the blue-dog Democratic ones - today or tomorrow (or even on the 5th) to urge them to amend the Senate rules to prevent:
a. passive, anonymous filibusters being used as S O P (meaning no bill can even be voted on unless proponents can prove they have 60 votes for it)

and

b. bills being held up in committee by a single Senator or by unnamed Senators.


But if amendments to current Senate rules are proposed and not voted up or down on Jan. 5, we should continue to pressure our Senators for rational change, as long as the issues are still being debated.