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« on: December 24, 2004, 05:05:45 PM »
Early in the nation's history, one Senator had unlimited fillibustering power. Ditto for the House, but not for that long there. It was only later that it was dropped to 2/3rds majorities and then 60% to end a fillibuster. If the old rules were still in effect, you could have 99 Senators opposed to a fillibuster, and that one guy could keep it going.
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