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To: Jamie153 who wrote (1309835)	7/28/2021 12:16:07 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579830

You might be too young to remember the time when R's broke a D talking filibuster in order to pass civil rights legislation. On Civil Rights: June 10, 1964 \| The Dirksen Congressional ... dirksencenter.org Yet after 534 hours, 1 minute, and 51 seconds, the longest filibuster in the history of the United States was broken. Pekin's Everett McKinley Dirksen, then ... == Democrats only dislike the filibuster when Republicans wield it ... baltimoresun.com Mar 29, 2021 — Of course, the filibuster has been used for lots of other stuff as well. The first time it was used was in 1837, when Whig senators blocked