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Today’s Winner in Washington: The Filibuster

Mother Jones

Today, Democrats blocked action to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. A few minutes later, Republicans blocked a bill to regulate the bulk collection of phone records by the NSA.

Both bills had majority support. Both failed thanks to filibusters. It’s good to see that life is back to normal in Washington DC.

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Today’s Winner in Washington: The Filibuster

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