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Want To Filibuster? Sure, But Keep It Real

Source: ColoradoPols.com, Nov 27 2012, 9:19am CST

Huffington Post: Use of the filibuster to stall legislation -- when the minority party refuses to end debate on a bill unless 60 senators vote to do so -- has escalated in recent years, rising from a rarity to the nor ...

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Progress on immigration

Source: Baltimore Sun | May 22 2013, 1:11pm CDT

Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, ex ...

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No, Ted Cruz Doesn't Trust Paul Ryan

Source: Roll Call | May 22 2013, 1:11pm CDT

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas conceded Wednesday that he doesn’t trust fellow Republicans to not agree to fast-track a debt-ceiling increase as part of a budget conference, after prodding by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. “The senior senator from ...

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"You're not just looking at filibusters done by rogue senators or factions, like southern Democrats in the 1950s ... It's the first time we've had a wide range of filibustering by a whole party."

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