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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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