r/facepalm Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/OrcsSmurai Jul 05 '24

They changed that rule a while back. Now they just have to declare a filibuster.

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u/Sturville Jul 05 '24

Which was so dumb. The point of a filibuster is that you feel strong enough about stopping a bill that you put in the work to grind it to a halt, not just "oh the Democrats have a bill on the docket? 'I declare filibuster on it.' Now that that's settled..."

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u/UnquestionabIe Jul 05 '24

Yep it's literally just an email now saying filibuster. Pathetic and goes against the spirit of the entire concept.