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Fixing the Filibuster - The Rachel Maddow Show

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Senator Merkley appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC to discuss the need to fix the filibuster and end paralysis in the Senate. Merkley is proposing modest rules changes that will encourage debate and require Senators to remain on the floor if they want to filibuster a bill.

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  • @KLD2929 YES! We want the filibuster to mean more debate, not more bills being killed just because the other party proposed them!

  • put that senator, whoever filibusters, under a great big microscope, and ask him/her why? would you 'filibuster' this bill?

  • You want to change the filibuster just so you can push more progressive spending bills through without the approval of the people. You wanting us to scream louder at you? Maybe we could have passed this and had someone get up there and read the healthcare bill since none of you read it before passing it anyway.

  • Great job, Jeff. I hope this goes forward.

    This seems like a better solution than lowering the threshold for cloture as others have proposed.

  • Senator Merkley is tre cool.

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