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TX State Senator leads 11 hour filibuster that successfully beats anti-abortion bill

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iammeiam

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What I find kind of amazing is that he's running down the clock by fairly legitimately arguing his point of appeal. 33 minutes to go! Watson's got this shit.
 
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RomanticHeroX

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This is the most excitement I've ever experienced from watching a man ramble. I get nervous preparing a one hour lecture because I wonder what I'll talk about if I need to improvise, I can't imagine how bad it is if you've got to speak for hours on something without going off topic.
 
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
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So can Watson run out the time? Or can they stop him in any way
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They can stop him on similar notions that Davis was stopped. But then other Democrats could appeal that ruling and talk more during that appeal :lol So as long as Watson doesn't yield, we're good.
 
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Cartman86

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Devolution said:
Would C-Span be all over this too? If so that's even more watching via TV.
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I believe CSPAN covers the federal government. It would be nice if all political discussions like this were just live streamed 24/7 on an easy to access website. This being on Youtube probably helps a lot.
 
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phosphor112

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So how much time does he have left to close? And if he does run out of time, what options do they have?

EDIT: I hope they can do it.
 
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mackaveli

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Smiley90 said:
They can stop him on similar notions that Davis was stopped. But then other Democrats could appeal that ruling and talk more during that appeal :lol So as long as Watson doesn't yield, we're good.
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But he is closing his motion and not debating it?

Isn't that a big difference?

I have no idea.
 
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Black Mamba

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They still haven't voted to end her fillibuster and I assume that takes time. So he might not need to go the full 30 min left. He got about 1/3 of the way through so far, though.

Hopefully 20 min is all he needs left, in reality. Maybe with 15 to go the GOP will pull it back. Who knows, though.
 
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Clevinger

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So who wants to bet they wait till five minutes left, giving Democrats a little taste of victory, cut him off and then quickly pass the bill?
 
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sangreal

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Black Mamba said:
They still haven't voted to end her fillibuster and I assume that takes time. So he might not need to go the full 30 min left. He got about 1/3 of the way through so far, though.

Hopefully 20 min is all he needs left, in reality. Maybe with 15 to go the GOP will pull it back. Who knows, though.
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The previous chair didn't submit to the body a vote on whether to end her fillibuster and instead ruled that it was over. That is what is being appealed. So I don't think they will vote on it unless the appeal succeeds (it wont, but that isnt the point anyway)
 
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oni_saru

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Alucrid said:
If you split Texas evenly in half, with one being east and the other being west, then the clinics would be in east Texas. However the term East Texas applies to a distinct area of Texas and doesn't include everything east of that hypothetical divider.
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well it's what ppl were calling it. It's taking the former definition of east Texas rather than the latter. Sorry for the confusion.
 
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aceface

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Smiley90

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mackaveli said:
But he is closing his motion and not debating it?

Isn't that a big difference?

I have no idea.
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That's the thing - if he yields, they move to vote. If he doesn't yield, they can't stop him from talking without opening up grounds for another appeal to debate the "stop him from talking" ruling.
 
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Easy_D

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Man, the comments field is

Dont want children? DONT HAVE SEX....Killing children because you cant use protection is unjustified.
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I'll let it talk for itself.
 
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liquidtmd

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I'm glad the people who work there in he background find this so funny.

End this charade. The people who are standing up and doing this - well done guys. I cant believe the Texas Senate is letting itself be made to look so stupid worldwide that measures like this have to be done by some of its members
 
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