Filibuster Follies

By Matthew Yglesias
Having let Republican filibusters stymie a frighteningly large proportion of the Democrats congressional agenda, Harry Reid's finally had enough and is going to try to curb abuse of the process . . . to try to stop Chris Dodd from blocking bad FISA legislation. Reid's office is organizing some kind of progressive media event on Monday and I imagine he'll hear a thing or two about this.

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