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Pradheep J. Shanker

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Senator Harry Reid

Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to consider filibuster reform. It had to be done.

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And...it wasn't just him. THANKS OBAMA!

Obama: we need to eliminate the routine use of the filibuster

"The filibuster in this modern age probably just torques it too far in the direction of a majority party not being able to govern."

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Pradheep J. Shanker

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: ""Are progressives really willing to take their chances with a future GOP-controlled Senate empowered to pass whatever they have 51 votes for?" asks Scott Winship. Let me say this once, and slowly: Yeeeeeeesssssssss." voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/200

9:51 PM · Jun 27, 2018

Pradheep J. Shanker

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Oh, and this...from good old

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thinkprogress.org

Why Senate Democrats Had To Invoke The ‘Nuclear Option’

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And...the piece de resistance:

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"This gridlock has not served the cause of justice ... It's undermined it." —President Obama, supporting filibuster reform in the Senate

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Charles Gaba (Had a blue check pre-11/07/22)

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Oh come on, man…McConnell would’ve scrapped the filibuster the moment he took control anyway.

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But Reid did it. When the GOP had the chance in 2005...they decided it wasn't worth it. Reid made a different calculation. He owns it.

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Takes me back... Fortunately, my ramblings on the filibuster hold up fairly well scottwinship.com/blog/category/

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Interesting - but probably too complex. Complexity brings its own set of problems.

@ThumblessGrasp

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To be fair, this was before he started wearing glasses. He’s much smarter now.

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Oh, that's beautiful.