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Monday, January 18, 2010

State of the Senate

Until we rein in the obstructionist filibuster,
Instead of governance, we get endless silly bluster.

TPM Monday Morning News Roundup:
Speaking at a fundraiser in Florida on Sunday, Vice President Biden slammed the new prominence of the filibuster, Politico reports. "As long as I have served ... I've never seen, as my uncle once said, the constitution stood on its head as they've done. This is the first time every single solitary decision has required 60 senators," Biden said. "No democracy has survived needing a supermajority."

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