Aeriscloud
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I didn't know they changed the spelling of Seattle.
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TX State Senator leads 11 hour filibuster that successfully beats anti-abortion bill
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I didn't know they changed the spelling of Seattle.
fredrancour
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State senate and the actual United States senate rules differ.
speculawyer
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Yeah, that really got to me. I mean come on. Why didn't you save her 10 hours if you are just going to be petty dicks.
DR2K
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I wasn't even aware of the issue myself nor did I think it was possible for a state to practically ban aborition.
Unknown Soldier
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So why are your state politicians apparently batshit insane?
on the front page of deadline.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/texas-senate-filibuster-wendy-davis-twitter-youtube/
on CNN page.
Even though there is DOMA tomorrow this shouldn't be swept under the rug if enough people tweet about it and comment about it etc.,
More people will read about it in the morning.
This is taking so long.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/texas-senate-filibuster-wendy-davis-twitter-youtube/
on CNN page.
Even though there is DOMA tomorrow this shouldn't be swept under the rug if enough people tweet about it and comment about it etc.,
More people will read about it in the morning.
This is taking so long.
This is probably a bad precedent...
It's already happened in some states before. North Dakota has ONE abortion clinic.
Dr.Palutena
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There there, if it make you feel any better I visit Florida every year and have survived every time!
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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The vast swaths of rural Texas that hold a significant amount of influence.
ClassyPenguin
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Most Red states are doing these types of legislation.
Black Mamba
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ITSHAPPENING.GIF
I live in Texas, and while I hate it, we still some good things?? right??? right??? we have Austin, but all that is inconsequential if the governing party in congress is batshit insane and breaks its own rules, I'm sorry but I cannot defend that shit. The state sucks to me as long we have those people in power.
I am Michael Bolton
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True democracy at work.
Officerrob
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Holy shit!!!
IrishNinja
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see? we're not so bad, folks!
DR2K
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No doubt, things like this are definitely a wake up call.
Shamrock7r
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If only our politicians were as honest, thoughtful, and open minded as the rest of the nation's =/
ClassyPenguin
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Good thing is demographics are changing, so it will become a Blue state in time.
i guess sleep can wait
Devolution
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They can't ban abortion, what they CAN do is defund clinics, force women to undergo ultrasounds and generally put up roadblocks without fucking with the timeline established by Roe v Wade. Roe doesn't ensure clinics or any of the sort, just that a woman can get one if she so chooses. But without clinics, obviously it's more difficult, so abortion has basically become another tool the rich can utilize but fuck everyone else.
Black Mamba
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Isn't this also true of mississippi.
just checked, yes it is.
They also keep passing bills that don't have a health exception for the mother, which is illegal and continually stricken down time and time again. But they don't care.
We desperately need one of the conservative SCOTUS members to retire or expire and get replaced by Obama, then have a new abortion case ending these 20 week laws, lack of exceptions, etc etc etc.
smokeandmirrors
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HAPPENINGINTENSIFIES.GIF
Wow, that's terrible
Devolution
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The precedent has already been set since the 90s, hell since the Hyde amendment.
You've got to remember these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land, the common clay of the new west.
You know, morons.
WeaponJohnnyX
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I thought to filibuster they didn't have to talk about the subject at all, just talk. If not my 7th grade civics teacher lied to me.
DR2K
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Well yeah I know they can't ban it, which is why I used the word practically. But it might as well be for a lot of people.
Filibuster rules vary by state, and are not the same as filibusters at the Federal level. Which is most likely what your civics teacher was talking about.
Black Mamba
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that's the US Senate. Every state has their own rules.
True for Mr. Smith going to Washington. TX has its own rules.
Brawndo Addict
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I need closure one way or the other before I go to sleep. Hopefully this will be resolved in an hour or so.
Black Mamba
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In a funny way, this is bad for Texas. Texas has one of the highest numbers of abortions largely because people in neighboring states are forced to come there.
So much for their abortion economy. Drive them jobs away, Perry!
Seriously though, we need that new composition to the SCOTUS and have them stop this bullshit.
Bless them for trying to help...I guess?
Yeah. Earlier today, facebook postings had told me that the entire Voting Rights Act had been struck down by the Supreme Court.
Rick Perry would have to call a new special session, include abortion on the agenda for that session, and then they would have to start the debate over from the beginning again.
Devolution
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I meant the general media apathy, but that's bad as well.
That would be fantastic.
Republican Senator: "And we decree that the bill did indeed pass and..."
*OBAMA CRASHES THROUGH THE DOORS DRESSED AS PHOENIX WRIGHT*
Obama: "OBJECTION!!!!!!!"
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