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« on: June 25, 2013, 08:03:35 PM »
...well, she's at the 9 hour mark, and the goal is for State Sen. Wendy Davis of Texas to last four more hours until the special session expires so that the Texas Senate does not pass the sorts of abortion restrictions that have been de rigueur among Republicans lately.

You can see a livestream of her talking here, and read more here.

She's not allowed to take any breaks, of any duration, and cannot deviate from the topic of abortion, so apparently people have been sending her abortion-related stuff to read from the floor.

Why did they do away with this in the US Senate, again?!
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2013, 08:09:40 PM »
Freedom Senator.
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2013, 08:12:03 PM »
I'm not sure I'm with her on the substance of filibuster, but I've always loved Wendy Davis.
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2013, 08:25:36 PM »
Neat.  Is she allowed to yield her time to other senators?
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2013, 08:29:26 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2013, 08:44:21 PM »
Can't eat, drink, or go the bathroom... and she's been at this since 11 AM?
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2013, 08:50:44 PM »
Texas filibuster rules are tough. Davis isn't allowed to sit, or even lean heavily.

Her colleagues are allowed to ask her long-winded questions to help her rest her voice, but are not allowed to step in for her.
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2013, 08:54:45 PM »
What a hero.

She has a great life story too. IIRC, she was working at a fast food place as a single mother, then enrolled in community college, transfered to college, and then was admitted to and graduated from Harvard Law School. Then she defeated a long-time Republican incumbent in 2008.
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2013, 08:56:23 PM »
Awesome work! Hope she does it!
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2013, 08:56:47 PM »
Wow.  I wish the US Senate would adopt Texas filibuster rules.

I'm kind of surprised Democrats are even allowed to filibuster bills in the TX Senate.  Don't the pubs have a supermajority in that chamber?
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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2013, 09:01:38 PM »
Quote from: BluegrassBlueVote on June 25, 2013, 08:44:21 PM
Can't eat, drink, or go the bathroom... and she's been at this since 11 AM?

I suspect she is getting some Depends-able assistance.
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« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2013, 09:29:07 PM »
Quote from: Senator-elect Scott on June 25, 2013, 08:56:47 PM
Wow.  I wish the US Senate would adopt Texas filibuster rules.

I'm kind of surprised Democrats are even allowed to filibuster bills in the TX Senate.  Don't the pubs have a supermajority in that chamber?

They have 19 of the 31 seats.
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« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2013, 10:02:49 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2013, 10:08:23 PM »
Apparently sonograms are off-topic.
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« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2013, 10:16:08 PM »
She's supposedly been given her "third strike", so now they're deciding who decides whether her filibuster is over?
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« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2013, 11:22:43 PM »
Very impressive, I hope she has a future in higher office, even though it's Texas.
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« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2013, 11:31:26 PM »
Damn. I didn't even think that this would be an option.  Very happy to see that Texas still has some decent politicians left.
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« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2013, 11:35:54 PM »
You go girl.
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« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2013, 11:50:15 PM »
This moment with the gallery going nuts is pretty surreal.
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« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2013, 11:51:46 PM »
Holy crap. 150k watching this! I'm cheering at home, but quietly because it's late.
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« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2013, 11:55:48 PM »
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. This woman has amazing tenacity and courage -- Texas needs someone like her.
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« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2013, 11:57:36 PM »
For the past several minutes, the audience is making a bunch of noise to prevent a roll call vote (?)
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« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2013, 11:58:04 PM »
The Senate is clearly not in order... a mockery of Parliamentary procedure.
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« Reply #23 on: June 26, 2013, 12:00:30 AM »
Quote from: Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel on June 25, 2013, 11:58:04 PM
The Senate is clearly not in order... a mockery of Parliamentary procedure.

It was a mockery of parliamentary procedure for Dewhurst to rule that it was a violation by Davis to get her back brace adjusted and for mentioning sonograms while talking about a bill dealing with abortions.
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« Reply #24 on: June 26, 2013, 12:02:20 AM »
Quote from: Talleyrand on June 26, 2013, 12:00:30 AM
Quote from: Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel on June 25, 2013, 11:58:04 PM
The Senate is clearly not in order... a mockery of Parliamentary procedure.

It was a mockery of parliamentary procedure for Dewhurst to rule that it was a violation by Davis to get her back brace adjusted and for mentioning sonograms while talking about a bill dealing with abortions.

I didn't see either.  The former sounds like there could be a valid reason behind it, but the latter I agree with you.
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