Thread: The Filibuster
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Old 04-28-2005, 09:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by duncanmac
Not true.This is the first time that a filibuster has been used to block a judicial nominee.The nominee deserves a yes or no vote,not leaving them hanging and twisting in the wind.
Maybe it happened for some other position then...

fill me in. what is going on? Why don't they want him in?