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- adjective Susceptible to
filibuster
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He will be ... plus the "Obama effect" that helped Martin won't be near as strong on 2 December ... also those that voted for the Libertarian will prefer a "filibusterable" margin.
Georgia Senate Runoff Kicks Into High Gear With New Dem Ad Starring Obama 2009
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Whitehouse (D-RI) and Boxer: Allows non-filibusterable budget reconciliation for green economy legislation, if “the Senate finds that public health, the economy and national security of the United States are jeopardized by inaction on global warming.”
Wonk Room » By Overwhelming Margins, Senate Accepts Conservative Lies About A Green Economy 2009
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The pivotal Senators — the Ben Nelsons and Arlen Specters of the world — in whose hands lie the fate of filibusterable legislation are just genuinely committed to bad public policy.
Matthew Yglesias » Pelosi Saves School Renovation Funds 2009
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In order for a bill to go to conference, the Senate must adopt three successive filibusterable motions: The motion to disagree with the House.
Hammond: Where we are on ObamaCare - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2009
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Even most majority party senators would see some of their power drain away if the Senate became more like the House, organized efficiently along party lines so the majority could exercise its non-filibusterable power.
Archive 2005-05-22 Steve Sailer 2005
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Even most majority party senators would see some of their power drain away if the Senate became more like the House, organized efficiently along party lines so the majority could exercise its non-filibusterable power.
Finally, a non-boring filibuster-related idea: Steve Sailer 2005
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What he says still has a lot of truth to it - and there is the question of whether the Republicans will take complete control of Congress, or just gain a filibusterable presence in Senate and a few more votes in the House.
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Congress would be forced to vote on the task force's recommendations, which after 100 hours of debate would not be filibusterable.
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Some states seat their newly elected senators immediately and thus the senate will at least be filibusterable post nov 2nd.
small dead animals 2010
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This is a debatable motion, therefore filibusterable, so the first legislative hurdle will be a cloture motion that will require 60 votes for passage.
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