What is Obama's new jobs bill and what will it do?

**coqauvin** · 10-23-2011, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Mad Pino Rage

...killed by a good ol' fashion filibuster.

Technically, it's a new-fashioned filibuster. Traditionally, filibusters involved you actually holding the floor for a few hours until you passed the deadline. Now, you just need to yell "FILIBUSTER!" and it has the same effect.

Except for, you know, actually making a personal sacrifice of some sort in favour of your cause.

I wonder if everything would still be filibustered if politicians were obligated to truly filibuster something.

**Atmosfear** · 10-24-2011, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by coqauvin

Technically, it's a new-fashioned filibuster. Traditionally, filibusters involved you actually holding the floor for a few hours until you passed the deadline. Now, you just need to yell "FILIBUSTER!" and it has the same effect.

Except for, you know, actually making a personal sacrifice of some sort in favour of your cause.

I wonder if everything would still be filibustered if politicians were obligated to truly filibuster something.

Of course things would... Nobody likes hearing themselves speak more than those gasbags