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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4880532" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/democrats-have-vigorously-used-filibuster-its-pathetic-they-now-wont-pledge-protect-it/[/URL]</p><p></p><p><strong>Opinion: Democrats have vigorously used the filibuster. It’s pathetic they now won’t pledge to protect it.</strong></p><p></p><p>“…When Schumer was minority leader, he vigorously used the filibuster to do just that. Under his leadership, Democrats used the filibuster to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/4089515ecc8b43198b2f3bb7062453f6" target="_blank">block</a> funding for construction of Trump’s border wall in 2019. They used it not <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00077" target="_blank">once</a>, but <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00078" target="_blank">twice</a> to impede passage of the Cares Act — forcing Republicans to agree to changes including a $600 weekly federal unemployment supplement. They used it in <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00168" target="_blank">September</a> and <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00207" target="_blank">October</a> to stop Republicans from passing further <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> relief before the November election. They used it to <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00126" target="_blank">halt</a> Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/25/if-democrats-cared-about-police-reform-they-would-have-advanced-tim-scotts-bill/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5" target="_blank">police reform legislation</a> so Republicans could not claim credit for forging a bipartisan response to the concerns of racial justice protesters. They used it to <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00034" target="_blank">block</a> legislation to force “sanctuary cities” to cooperate with federal officials, and to stop a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00007" target="_blank">prohibition</a> on taxpayer funding of abortion, <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00057" target="_blank">bans</a> on <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00029" target="_blank">abortions</a> once the unborn child is capable of feeling pain, and <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00027" target="_blank">protections</a> for <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00058" target="_blank">the lives of babies</a> born alive after botched abortions.</p><p></p><p>And those are just the bills Democrats killed with actual filibuster votes. More often than not, the majority doesn’t even bring up legislation that does not have 60 votes needed to cut off debate. Just the threat of a Democratic filibuster stopped Republicans from moving forward on a host of priorities, including entitlement reforms, immigration reforms, lawsuit reforms, health-care reforms, budget cuts, expanded gun rights and the defunding of Planned Parenthood. And Democrats have used the filibuster to force Republicans to reduce the scope of some of their biggest legislative achievements.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4880532, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/democrats-have-vigorously-used-filibuster-its-pathetic-they-now-wont-pledge-protect-it/[/URL] [B]Opinion: Democrats have vigorously used the filibuster. It’s pathetic they now won’t pledge to protect it.[/B] “…When Schumer was minority leader, he vigorously used the filibuster to do just that. Under his leadership, Democrats used the filibuster to [URL='https://apnews.com/article/4089515ecc8b43198b2f3bb7062453f6']block[/URL] funding for construction of Trump’s border wall in 2019. They used it not [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00077']once[/URL], but [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00078']twice[/URL] to impede passage of the Cares Act — forcing Republicans to agree to changes including a $600 weekly federal unemployment supplement. They used it in [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00168']September[/URL] and [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00207']October[/URL] to stop Republicans from passing further [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5']coronavirus[/URL] relief before the November election. They used it to [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00126']halt[/URL] Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/25/if-democrats-cared-about-police-reform-they-would-have-advanced-tim-scotts-bill/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5']police reform legislation[/URL] so Republicans could not claim credit for forging a bipartisan response to the concerns of racial justice protesters. They used it to [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00034']block[/URL] legislation to force “sanctuary cities” to cooperate with federal officials, and to stop a [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00007']prohibition[/URL] on taxpayer funding of abortion, [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00057']bans[/URL] on [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00029']abortions[/URL] once the unborn child is capable of feeling pain, and [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00027']protections[/URL] for [URL='https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00058']the lives of babies[/URL] born alive after botched abortions. And those are just the bills Democrats killed with actual filibuster votes. More often than not, the majority doesn’t even bring up legislation that does not have 60 votes needed to cut off debate. Just the threat of a Democratic filibuster stopped Republicans from moving forward on a host of priorities, including entitlement reforms, immigration reforms, lawsuit reforms, health-care reforms, budget cuts, expanded gun rights and the defunding of Planned Parenthood. And Democrats have used the filibuster to force Republicans to reduce the scope of some of their biggest legislative achievements.” [/QUOTE]
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