Author Topic: When Did the GOP Get So White: The Republicans’ Loss of Diversity  (Read 711 times)

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The filibuster, a procedure unique to the Senate to block an up-or-down vote on legislation unless a 60-vote supermajority agrees to proceed, has been historically used by both parties. But it has never been used as routinely as it has been by Republicans since January 2007.
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This is the result of a deliberate effort by the Republican minority to undercut the will of the majority of the American public, expressed when voters placed a Democratic majority in control of both houses of Congress.


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[/size]In 2010 the majority of Americans displayed their will by historically defeating the dems at the federal, state and local level.  Surely you support that, correct?[/color]



A reminder for kentay:
I fully support going back to ALL, that says ALL THE CLINTON TAX and spend policies that led to the economic boom in the second half of the 90's.