From: "Gary Britt" 

I disagree at a minimum with regard to doing away with the filibuster for
ALL (not just judges) advise and consent confirmations.  Previously, I've
been in favor of preserving filibuster for normal legislation, but I'm
beginning to lean against doing away with it completely even for
legislation.  The contingent of hate America firsters in the senate are the
only ones using it.

Gary

"Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
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> The filibuster has a place.  I would not eliminate it.  In fact, I always
> thought the republicans should have called the democrats bluff and forced
> them to engage in real filibusters - the kind that shutdown all other
senate
> business.
>
> I would absolutely LOVE to see a few of the more prominent bloviators up
> there reading the D.C. phone book into the record.
>
> I would LOVE to see THAT on national TV.
>
> I would LOVE to see that shutdown the govt if some ordinary appropriations
> bill that was to pay govt employees got wedged behind the fillibuster.
>
> THEN, the public would appreciate what is going on here.
>
> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
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> >
> > Time for the Senate to kill off the filibuster.  It's a construct of
their
> > rules, not the Constitution.  The House got rid of its equivalent in the
> > 19th century.
>

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