Disclose Act fails to gain closure

[moonbladem]

53 senators were in favor of a measure that would require certain political advertisers to name anyone who kicked in $10K or more to fund the ad flight. However, 53 was far short of the 60 needed to break a Republican filibuster

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[snora]

THEN MAKE THEM FUCKING DO IT. MAKE THEM FUCKING GET UP THERE AND FUCKING FILIBUSTER. GODDAMN IT ALREADY.

[cellared]

Democracy Now touched on this on Wednesday along with an interesting piece on Sheldon Adelson, if anyone is interested:

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/18/as_senate_gop_blocks_disclose_act

I think the high point was the minority leader comparing this bill to Nixon's enemies list.

[urplesquirrel]

Why do they never even try to pass shit over a filibuster anymore? "OMG, they can filibuster, time to throw in the towel!" Getting filibustered has never been a guarantee that a bill will fail, and this is the kind of bill that's important enough to keep pushing for!