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19. Former Senator (obviously now-deceased) Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)

Reply to WestMichRad (Reply #17)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 12:53 PM

Nov 6

has yet to have his stipulations for what can go into a Reconciliation package, removed from use as part of that process! It shows how much they valued that filibuster Rule (and he was the master of the "talking filibuster" (done during the Senate's "Morning Business" period), with his periodic, series of hours-long tales of Hannibal and the Roman Empire and their relationship to the current)

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Former Senator (obviously now-deceased) Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) BumRushDaShow Nov 6 #19

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