More Hot Filibuster Action
The issue is now being debated on C-SPAN 2 and will most likely continue for the rest of the week. Leahy just made an impassioned and eloquent speech in defense of the Senate and the filibuster.
Also today, students at Bates are wrapping up their own 24-hour filibuster to protest the nuclear option. They are emulating the work of Princeton students who filibustered for 384 hours last week, first in front of the Frist building on their campus and then in front of the capitol building in Washington.The Princeton filibuster website has announced that students at Umaine at Orono will begin a mock filibuster on Monday.
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This is WONDERFUL NEWS!
Can't wait for the Maine Legislature to adopt the filibuster rules so cherished by Washington Democrats...these students will protect us all from the insanity of Augusta's totalitarian regime.
HOUSE
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Here's a great historical quote on how wonderful filibusters are:
""Then, the Senate set out upon a 57-day marathon to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1964, finally culminating with Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, who railed for some 14 hours against fundamental rights for blacks." ""Then, the Senate set out upon a 57-day marathon to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1964, finally culminating with Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, who railed for some 14 hours against fundamental rights for blacks."
If ever there was a poster boy for the DEM's on this issue, it's ol' Bobby Byrd of West Virginia!
HOUSE
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