Al Franken, Filibuster Buster
July 5th, 2009
Now that the Minnesota Supreme Court has resolved the Franken-Coleman election dispute, Al Franken will take his seat as the junior Senator from Minnesota, presumably during the coming week. There’s a lot of talk about the Democrats having a filibuster-proof 60-vote supermajority with Franken in the Senate. The fact is, it’s a pretty shaky supermajority. Of the [...]
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