GOPers Blew Up The Filibuster This Week. Prediction: They'll Do It Again.

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This story is from National Public Radio and it's so polite and restrained, I wouldn't blame you if you had no idea what it was saying. Via NPR: The Senate has overruled the guidance of the parliamentarian, a nonpartisan staffer who interprets the Senate's rules, and voted 51 to 44 to overturn a waiver allowing California to set its own air pollution standards for cars that are stricter than national regulations. The Senate has only overruled its parliamentarian a handful of times in the 90-year history of the role.

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