Sen. Sanders filibusters tax breaks for the rich prepared to speak as long as needed

[ColdBlooded]

You can turn on CSPAN or go here: http://sanders.senate.gov/ to watch his speach live

 

[fillyacup]

Whats the longest ever? i know these things can go on for hours

 

[Timm]

the longest shit I ever watched on CPSAN was 4 hours. It was about Korean war P.O.W.s still living in the USSR and North Korea in labor camps. This was a broadcast from 1990

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

You can turn on CSPAN or go here: http://sanders.senate.gov/ to watch his speach live

Isn't he also filibustering an extension of unemployment and tax breaks for the middle and lower class?

 

[Unknown Poet]

Sen. Sanders is an American Hero my friend !

 

[28g w/o the bag]

got the gun tucked at my gut for any sucka that mugs, never talked a bill to death in congress but i'll filibuster with slugs

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[kingsix18]

Whats the longest ever? i know these things can go on for hours

According to Wikipedia, Strom Thurmond holds the record for the longest filibuster at 24 hours and 18 minutes nonstop against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

 

[fillyacup]

ended at about 4:00 pm bestcoast time..8 something hours. non stop no water

 

[Ne Obliviscaris]

Tthis isnt technically a filibuster because the vote isnt scheduled until monday, so hes not actually blocking anything at the moment.

Ands Filthy, what the fuck are you talking about? How is he fucking over his constituents? Would the people of the state of vermont be better served by belonging to a union that bankrupts itself trying to provide for the rich on the backs of the poor and middle class? Fuck the bush tax cuts, and fuck obama for caving. Every interaction he has with the republicans reminds me of a battered wife trying desperately to win back her abusive husbands love. Its fucking disgusting to watch.

 

[corinthian]

told you he's the man!!

what a beast

 

[Hu$tle530]

Yea so higher taxes for the rich equals more money for the poor and middle class? You know how efficient our gov. is at spending let's give them a little more.

 

[Ne Obliviscaris]

Yea so higher taxes for the rich equals more money for the poor and middle class? You know how efficient our gov. is at spending let's give them a little more.

Aren't you a hawk? How do you think we finance wars?

 

[DFresh77]

The rich can evade taxes..while us the lower and middle class families are trying to survive...

 

[corinthian]

those tax breaks will cost us about 700 billion. extending unemployment benefits about 12 billion. the dems are fucking idiots for making that trade, unless they're all in it together. which is what's really going on here.

 

[fillyacup]

it doesnt look like the dems were united on this. then again i can give 2 shades of shit about either side. none have helped me personally that i can think of immediately. i really do need to look more into these situations though

 

[corinthian]

what's amazing is how he actually had some real shit to say the whole damn time. he wasn't just repeating the same shit over and over.

 

[fillyacup]

you got the vid? 8 hours of non stop real? fuck man, that 13 minute video flew by when i watched it

 

[Miro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OtB298fHY




who knows how to make the youtube tag work? post the video.




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[corinthian]

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

 

[corinthian]

those tax breaks will cost us about 700 billion. extending unemployment benefits about 12 billion. the dems are fucking idiots for making that trade, unless they're all in it together. which is what's really going on here.

got the numbers wrong, now corrected.