Sentences with phrase «filibuster stands»

This puppy doesn't know who to vote for because lines of democratic accountability have been obscured.The filibuster stands today as the single most important impediment to the significant reforms needed in America's climate / energy policies, its immigration policies, its labor law policies, and its need for a functioning judiciary.

The filibuster stands today as the single most important impediment to the significant reforms needed in America's climate / energy policies, its immigration policies, its labor law policies, and its need for a functioning judiciary.

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Paterson predicted that New York will receive some $ 730 million worth of aid from the Medicaid / education bill the US Senate is expected to vote on this week after breaking a long - standing GOP filibuster with the help of two moderate Maine Republicans.

Changes to the tax code can be made via the reconciliation process, and this would avoid an up or down vote on it as a stand - alone proposal and the possibility of a Senate filibuster.