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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by rat87 on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:37PM (#32257341)
It would be absolutely insane to link overturning Roe to Reid's decision. Everyone already knew McConnell would have gotten rid of it anyway the second a supreme court justice was fillibustered. Look at his actions in the Garland and Barrett nominations, compared to that getting rid of the fillibuster for judges is peanuts.

The only mistake Reid made was not to do away with the fillibuster fully

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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by pclmulqdq on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:48PM (#32257475)
If you threaten to do something and don't follow through on your threats, they have no more meaning.

McConnell and his party apparently had a similar situation 10 years before and did not throw out the filibuster.

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Re:Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semi... by mattnewton on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @09:09PM (#32259245)
It wasn’t the same situation because there wasnt a court majority at stake. Unless not voting on the Supreme Court nominee’s of Obama was also because of Reid’s actions?
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