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Originally Posted by whell
So...It puts the lie to your statement above that it's a "Republican's wet dream", don't you think?
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Not in the least.
The Republicans are the ones that pushed for it and it was the Republicans on the Supreme Court that gave it life.
The Democrats have tried to overturn it and here's what happened.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/181590...t-stopped-them
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Fifty-four senators, all Democrats and independents who caucus with the Democrats, voted Thursday for the amendment
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But forty-two senators, all Republicans, voted no. As a result, Udall noted, the Republican minority was able to “filibuster this measure and instead choose to support a broken system that prioritizes corporations and billionaires over regular voters.”
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