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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by Spooky23 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:24PM (#35623529)
The filibuster is fine, in its original form. Manipulate the parliamentary process to push the date close to the end of session, then have some windbag with sufficient endurance read the phone book for a few days.

The current version, where you declare yourself filibustered, is too cheap. In the old days, they just filibustered stuff like voting rights, not procedures for borrowing money to support the adopted budget.

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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by ticviking on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @11:14PM (#35623851)
A proper endurance filibuster is fine, the current version is just pretending
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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by graeme on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @11:19PM (#35623877)
How does that happen anyway. Why does the party with the majority allow a filibuster to happen without an actual speech?
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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by roywiggins on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @11:59PM (#35624100)
The modern ("two-track") system was designed to be less disruptive to the Senate overall because it allows votes to happen on other, non-controversial bills while the filibuster is ongoing.
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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by graeme on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:21PM (#35631510)
Thanks. Seems it was put in place in the 1970s after the filibuster of a civil rights bill.

Still think they should make someone talk somewhere to keep the filibuster going. Cure seems worse than disease. Doubt they expected routine filibusters

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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by duped on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @11:35PM (#35623979)
I think both are undemocratic, and doubly so since it's in the vestigial organ of our former slave-driven agrarian economy.

There's no good reason to have the senate, let alone the filibuster and effective super majority required for legislation.

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