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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    do you really think only republicans support those subsidies?
    Did I say that? No.

    The fact is now the Democrats want to decrease the deficit by getting rid of the subsidies and the Republicans won't allow it.

    You do, btw, know about the extreme abuse of the filibuster rule is, right?



    Don't try that innocent "But they had control of Congress!" with me, it won't work. Remember I'm more intelligent than you.

    Try it on one of your comrades.

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    your chart shows the number of cloture votes.....

    this chart shows the number of filibusters and specifies whether they were done by Republicans or done by Democrats....

    http://heathenrepublican.blogspot.co...libusters.html

    notice that Bush was still president during the 110th Congress....
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    your chart shows the number of cloture votes.....

    this chart shows the number of filibusters and specifies whether they were done by Republicans or done by Democrats....

    http://heathenrepublican.blogspot.co...libusters.html

    notice that Bush was still president during the 110th Congress....
    Even he admits his numbers are rigged:

    Since the filibuster can only be sustained with 41 votes, my methodology is to credit the minority party holding the 41st vote with the filibusters.
    Here's a more detailed look.

    I'll save the table and the defining statements and just go to the meat:

    Consider this tidbit: cloture was invoked 63 times in 2009 and 2010, which isn’t just the most ever, it’s more than the sum total of instances from 1919 through 1982. That’s not a typo.

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    again you target cloture instead of filibuster......

    I found the graph from your last link interesting......I especially liked the big arrow pointing to "Democratic Control of White House and Congress" to mark the 2007-2008 term of Congress.....perhaps someone should give your author a history lesson.....

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