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GB_RN

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8. Exactly.

Reply to Faux pas (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 08:36 PM

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They’ll hold on to the filibuster as long as it remains convenient. For them. As soon as the Democrats filibuster one of their “priorities” that the “American people” (actually never) “voted for,” then the filibuster is gone. The filibuster is a dead man walking, long since on overly-borrowed time.

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