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| Source:Buzz Feed News- Fox News talk show host Sean Hannity on Senator Rand Paul's filibuster. I'm sure that it was a fine editorial that a few people saw. LOL |
"Rand Paul's filibuster made for strange bedfellows in the punditocracy. Here's a breakdown ranked from most supportive of Rand to least."
From Buzz Feed News
Whatever your position is on the Senate filibuster and whatever you think of Senator Rand Paul's thirteen house filibuster on Wednesday and the long speech as far as the content of his speech, you gotta admit at least it was an actual filibuster.
Whatever your position is on the Senate filibuster and whatever you think of Senator Rand Paul's thirteen house filibuster on Wednesday and the long speech as far as the content of his speech, you gotta admit at least it was an actual filibuster.
The filibuster rule and the absolute consent rule in the Senate are two different things, but both can be used by both minority and majority members to block legislation, because they need 60 votes to overturn and the Senate majority party generally doesn't have 60 members, at least since 1979 or so.
So what Senator Paul did on Wednesday was not just object to the legislation, but actually filibustered it, pretty much all by himself. Just like with the Jeff Smith character (played by Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.
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