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jMyles on May 23, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Senate Blocks Patriot Act Extension

The whole "not really a filibuster" thing fell pretty flat, didn't it?

What started as (what may well have been) a publicity tactic turned into one of the most effective parliamentary maneuvers of the session.

caseysoftware on May 23, 2015 [–]

NPR tried really hard to take him down. I thought it was going to be effective but it seems like he still got his point across.

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