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Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Recommended Link

Four reasons to feel proud of, and excited by, the filibuster reform fight 

Chris Bowers explains why progressive activists should be happy about the movement to reform the U.S. Senate’s rules to prevent abuse of the filibuster, even though the improvements to the rules announced today by Harry Reid will still permit Republicans to do a lot of obstructing and delaying. 

# Posted at 11:32 am Pacific