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A last-ditch effort to filibuster the nomination failed on Monday, when the Senate voted 72-25 to end debate and allow a simple majority vote. ... Alito Filibuster Fails, Confirmation Vote Expected Tuesday ... Last-Ditch Filibuster Effort...
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www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183270,00.html
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The last time a filibuster was actually used, the Democrats used it. LMAO! ... The last Filibuster was use by the Democrats when they were in minority. Get your facts right before misleading folks.
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thinkprogress.org/2009/03/31/republican-filibusters-sky...
thinkprogress.org/2009/03/31/republican-filibusters-skyrocket/
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How appropriate that the Republicans like C. Boyden Gray are now forced to twist the historical record to try to convince people that the last Senator to lead a filibuster really didn't filibuster Abe Fortas, ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Bush Nominee's Father Led Last Filibuster of Supreme Court Nominee:
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thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2005/04/bush_...
thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2005/04/bush_nominees_f.html
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WASHINGTON (CNN) – When was the last time there was a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate? ... The Senate's filibuster rule had just changed two years earlier in 1975, when the threshold was lowered from a two-thirds majority of senators present and voting to a flat 60 votes. At the time of the rule change,
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/28/a-look-back-at...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/28/a-look-back-at-the-last-filibuster-proof-majority-in-the-senate/
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Already the netroots are awash with calls for support of third parties if no filibuster is forthcoming. Alito is correctly viewed by activist liberals as a singular threat to civil liberties.
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www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/13/144114/599
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Wyden needs to reach 60 votes to break a filibuster. And in the current situation, according to Timothy Karr from MediaCitizen, Wyden needs to find 41 more votes supporting Net Neutrality to postpone and even stop the voting process. ... Image for the article Net Neutrality last chance: Filibuster...
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21talks.net/voip/net-neutrality-filibuster
21talks.net/voip/net-neutrality-filibuster
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Taken together, the findings suggest that Bush is off to a difficult start in his second term, with Democrats far less willing to accommodate him and his agenda than his reelection victory last November may have foreshadowed.
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/10/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/10/26/AR2005032201677.html
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Texas last Spanish governor, Antonio María Martínez from Bexar, met Perry’s force near current Goliad on the plains of La Encinal del Perdido in what some refer to as the Battle of the Perdido and routed them. ... Last Filibuster into Spanish Texas--Dr. Colonel James Long...
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www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/Spain3.htm
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At a press availability in Colorado a little while ago, Hillary commented on the Senate FISA bill and said that she would support a filibuster of the current legislation that's just emerged from the Senate intel committee, ... Why do we have to keep pushing these Ivy League elitists? Dodd said he would filibuster last week.
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2007/10/hillar...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2007/10/hillary_says_she_would_support_filibuster_of_current_bill.php
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