Word: talkethon
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...bill, Taft cannot count on 64 to pass a cloture bill. The Southerners favoring the bill will not vote for cloture. The Southern Senators, not the pro-filibuster Republicans, are the crux of the filibuster problem. No matter what precedents are set at this session the threat of their Talkethon hangs over any attempt to change the rules. By filibustering themselves, the liberals will gibe much more comfort to the Southerners, because they will be undermining their own anti-filibuster arguments...
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