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A Crackdown?

07.07.09 -- 8:45PM
By Josh Marshall

From a knowledgeable source on the Hill ...

Now that they have 60, Reid and Durbin need to remind Dem members that when your Leader files cloture, you support him. If you want political cover, vote against final passage. Fine. But opposing cloture means you're supporting a filibuster of your party's agenda.

From what I hear, they started delivering that message, if a softer version of it, earlier today.


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