06-25-2013, 10:15 PM | #1 |
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Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q8Hr0O20LY
Apparently a Texas Senator has been going for about 9-ish hours now. She's trying to stop a bill from putting heavy restrictions on abortion. The filibuster looks like it's not doing well since they imposed strikes on her, but I hope she'll get though. |
06-25-2013, 10:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
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06-25-2013, 10:17 PM | #3 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
been watching this for about 2-3 hours now, really good background noise imo
she got 2 strikes in a matter of a single hour though glad to see she's still going
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06-25-2013, 10:21 PM | #4 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
I'm not fully familiar with how this works, but can doing this actually accomplish something? Does this happen before or after the vote?
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06-25-2013, 10:23 PM | #5 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
I did not know filibusters could last so long still, that's nuts
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06-25-2013, 10:26 PM | #6 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
fuck her this is the wrong thing to filibuster
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there was a 57 day filibuster from Democrats that tried to block the civil rights act in 1964 and thank goodness they failed
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06-25-2013, 10:45 PM | #8 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
i think way back (like early 1900s) senators would bring cots to sleep in and when they woke up they would go right on filibustering from morning to night
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06-25-2013, 11:48 PM | #9 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
Texas' lieutenant governor has suspended a filibuster against wide-ranging abortion restrictions, but Democrats moved quickly to appeal the decision.
edit: Just now started watching this livestream. So much fucking cheering. Last edited by DotKritic; 06-25-2013 at 11:52 PM.. |
06-25-2013, 11:50 PM | #10 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
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06-25-2013, 11:55 PM | #11 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
No order in Senate. Chair can't hear over jeering from gallery. Senators can't vote.
edit: "If I can have some order." Haha...no. Not over all the noise. edit2: Noise done. Some outbursts. edit3: Here come the yelling again. Last edited by DotKritic; 06-26-2013 at 12:13 AM.. |
06-26-2013, 12:14 AM | #12 |
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EDIT: Might be wrong
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Filibusters can be stopped by a movement of cloture. Clotures must receive 3/5, or 60 with no vacancy, votes to be passed. -o24
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From another viewer who posted something from Twitter:
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edit: FYI: 152,628 watching now edit2: Official senate computer says vote passed 17-12. Dems are contesting it was after midnight. Last edited by DotKritic; 06-26-2013 at 12:20 AM.. |
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06-26-2013, 12:22 AM | #15 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
i'm hearing news that the bill was passed amidst all the chaos in the gallery..
anyhow this is basically free ad campaigns for the dems if the bill does go through
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In case anyone coming into the thread doesn't know what's going on in Texas: If the Republicans win, it will passed new restrictions expected to close almost every abortion clinic in Texas. |
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06-26-2013, 01:47 AM | #18 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
texas is retarded
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06-26-2013, 01:51 AM | #19 |
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i consider this a victory. yall are whack, texas proves again that it's a great state
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06-26-2013, 02:02 AM | #20 |
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Re: Texas Senate Filibuster Regarding Abortion
This is horrible news, but of course adlp is for it because he hates women.
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