Speech nerd that I am,a piece of me's genuinely impressed @ Sen McConnell's familiarity w/ the rules of debate & using them to his advantage
How so? This is purely a matter of "we have a majority, so sit down". It's not some sort of superior rules jujitsu.
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I've not heard news of other senators blocking something with Rule 19. Seemed original and good situational awareness of debate
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If a technical rules violation depends solely on having a majority to back your play, that's not clever by any definition.
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