
01-09-2010, 12:23 PM
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Sha Tin
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 20,855
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Riot
 No, I said that fillibuster is legal, twice, within the quote you quoted.
The Dems used it, too. And the use has been increasing over the years. But when one looks at the number of fillibusters (requiring cloture, essentially thus requiring 60 votes for legislation to pass), this Senate has the most, ever.
Your next post will just say, "prove it", so here's a chart on fillibuster numbers requiring cloture
http://www.nolanchart.com/article7183.html
And here's the current Senate voting record
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LI...menu_111_1.htm
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No proof needed, just interesting that you condemn perfectly acceptable practices
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