Republicans abolish the fillibuster in 2005

[Jacobtm]

After Bush won re-election, Republicans were indignant that Democrats dare fillibuster anything, and threatened to abolish the fillibuster.

Democrats didn't budge, and so the Republicans abolished the fillibuster.

Next year the were trounced at the polls, and 2 years later Obama was elected with a Democratic majority in the House and Senate.

The country was in crisis and Democrats took swift action, easily passing all their legislative goals, including a $3 trillion stimulus, single-payer health-care reform, eliminating the Bush tax-cuts.

And...

[Dr. Cynic]

A three TRILLION dollar stimulus? How does that even get passed with a Democratic majority?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Lol.

[Person Man]

...That's why they didn't abolish the filibuster in the first place.