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Posted by bingbong on Sun May 18 12:33:42 2014, in response to Re: Maybe the economy is finally recovering, posted by Fred G on Sun May 18 08:37:26 2014. Fred,Ted Cruz, one evening in 2013, when there were no bills on the floor seeking cloture votes, once business had all but been concluded, requested and took the floor to speak. He then yammered all night in a self-styled "filibuster" against ACA, which had been passed some three years prior and was being implemented before he took office. That's just yammering. That is NOT a filibuster, which is a blocking motion to prevent a final passage vote on a bill or nomination under Senate rules. In the far saner past, it required holding the floor personally through continued speaking until a vote requiring a majority of 60 to regain the floor and continue business (the cloture vote), but in its modern practice merely the threat of someone like Ted Cruz keeping the CSPAN2 techs at work and the chamber lit all night so they could read the phonebook at a camera is sufficient. The overtime would break the budget. Sorry you blew it, Bingbong |
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