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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by CrippledTurtle on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:07PM (#13982099)
Can anyone explain why, when this went through the Senate, it wasn't filibustered? I was under the impression that almost all controversial legislation had to pass the filibuster threshold, and since Democrats were united in opposition against it, I would have expected them to filibuster this. Was there some loophole preventing them from doing so, or did they not consider it important enough to filibuster?
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by GabrielF00 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:12PM (#13982125)
This bill is under the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to overturn rules enacted by the executive branch in the last 6 months. A joint resolution of disapproval under this act can't be filibustered.[1]

[1]https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43992.pdf

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