“They’re all committed to it now, because Chuck has made them take a public position. Every Democratic challenger, I’m told, running for the Senate is taking the same position,” McConnell said. “I think they fully intend to do it if they can.”

Thanks for advocating for a good reason to have democratic control of the senate

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    I would hope so, or at the very least go back to ye olden days of “You want a filibuster? Get your ass up there and hold the floor…”

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        Imagine him croaking from exhaustion because he has to actually get up there and stand for hours on end. A man can dream…

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          If it were anyone other than him, literally dropping dead in Congress because of the passion of your speech would be one of the most based things a politician could ever do.

          But with Mitch you know he’d keel over arguing about how school kids don’t actually need food.