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Senate for a vote.* *Therefore, when Bush sends his war appropriations bill through the Senate, 41 Democratic Senators can invoke an automatic filibuster - Senate Rule 22 - thereby KILLING THE BILL! In other words, 41 Senate Democrats can completely cut funding to this war via cloture-proof automatic filibuster, thereby killing Bush's war funding bill. This is the same, routine tactic Senate Republicans used to defeat the Democrats' "non-binding resolution."* ** *This is not some brand new idea, but is normal conduct, business as usual for the Senate. Either party can block each other's bills at will. - Ron Corvus *

Check out his video: http://www.projectfilibuster.com/

*fed way the hell up with the spin and bullshit, r o n ron@roncorvus.com * *http://www.corvusblog.com* ** *http://www.projectfilibuster.com* <http://www.projectfilibuster.com/>

Procedural filibuster <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster>

In current practice, Senate Rule 22 permits filibusters, in which actual continuous floor speeches are not required, although the Senate Majority Leader may require an actual traditional filibuster if he or she so chooses. This threat of a filibuster can therefore be as powerful as an actual filibuster. Previously the filibustering senator(s) could delay voting only by making an endless speech. Currently they need only indicate that they are filibustering, thereby preventing the senate from moving on to other business until the motion is withdrawn or enough votes are gathered for cloture <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture>.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster

 

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