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Daily Archives: November 19th, 2013

Filibuster reform might really, actually, finally be on the verge of happening in U.S. Senate

Excerpt: Great news from Greg Sar­gent: With Sen­ate Repub­li­cans block­ing a third Oba­ma nom­i­na­tion to the pow­er­ful D.C. Cir­cuit Court of Appeals, a senior Sen­ate Demo­c­ra­t­ic lead­er­ship aide tells me Reid is now all but cer­tain to move to change the Sen­ate rules by sim­ple major­i­ty — doing away with the fil­i­buster on exec­u­tive and judi­cial nom­i­na­tions, […]
Published at:9:40 PM on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Party Politics, Public Service
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