Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2009. Kennedy's death puts the number of senate Dems at 59, which could make defeating a Republican filibuster impossible.
Mike Lux, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. July 9, 2009. We need a comprehensive policy package that is very simply focused on one thing and one thing only: jobs.
Roy Ulrich, AlterNet. May 5, 2009. The word filibuster doesn't appear in any of our founding documents. How on earth did this take control of the legislative process?
Robert Parry, Consortium News. February 19, 2009. When Republicans are in power "filibuster" is a dirty word, but when they're in the minority it's their favorite past time.
Christopher Moraff, The Philadelphia Tribune. June 23, 2008. It works like this: Republicans hijack the Senate, block important legislation, then complain nothing is getting done.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 14, 2007. Steve Benen: If that's the case, allow me to give the Democratic leadership some positive encouragement: this is a good idea.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: Video. July 18, 2007. Christy Hardin Smith: Matthews needs to understand that the anti-war movement isn't made up of a bunch of unkempt hippies.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. July 18, 2007. In solidarity with the Republicans holding out against supporting an Iraq War withdrawal plan, Colbert filibusters his own network.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 17, 2007. Christy Hardin Smith: Despite what the pundits will say, the Democrats are embracing the right strategy by forcing Republicans to filibuster Iraq resolution.
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