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   TJ of the Side-Eye (tj@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 08:55:21 JST TJ of the Side-Eye

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   There's two kinds of filibuster now. There's the one where everyone pretends there's a filibuster because there aren't enough votes, and there's the original filibuster which involves someone standing in front of Congress and yammering for as long as they can.

   The latter is impressive, but accomplishes little more than news coverage. Especially in this case, when he's not holding up a bill.

   The new filibuster temporarily kills a bill until more votes are found.

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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 08:55:21 JST Fish of Rage

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     @Furgar @tj One purpose of a filibuster is to talk for so long that other members leave the floor and you do a vote without them
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     TJ of the Side-Eye (tj@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 08:55:22 JST TJ of the Side-Eye

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     @Furgar

     He's doing a 24-hour talk-a-thon filibuster, and one of his staff was arrested for bringing a guy into the Capital building.

     That might mean Booker's staff had more firearms than the entire J6 kerfuffle.

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     Furgar (furgar@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 08:55:22 JST Furgar

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     @tj i thought everyone agreed that a filibuster is bad?

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     Furgar (furgar@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Apr-2025 08:55:23 JST Furgar

     whats with all the ball washing of cory booker going on in the live feeds?