# No more recess appointments - is this the end of the filibuster?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-recess-appointments-is-this-the-end-of-the-filibuster/691702>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 26, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-recess-appointments-is-this-the-end-of-the-filibuster/691702 "2014-06-26T15:42:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-recess-appointments-is-this-the-end-of-the-filibuster/691702/141 "2014-07-07T20:30:29Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> That’s what’s really unprecedented historically - that one of our major parties has adopted an agenda of \*destroying \*government _itself_, not one of responsibly differing about the proper extent of its role. There’s no agenda or ruling philosophy at play other than simply opposing anything the remaining responsible party tries to do. That’s \*never \*happened before, not in any country or time I can think of.

Never? Really? Unprecedented? I seem to remember a point in time when Democrats so radically and violently objected to the election of a Republican President that they succeeded from the Union.

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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-recess-appointments-is-this-the-end-of-the-filibuster/691702/142 "2014-07-07T20:34:13Z")

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> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> Republicans. Again, the degree of misuse of the filibuster is unprecedented. The rules were perfectly fine until Republicans embarked on a war against governing.

Hahahaha. The Democrats control the Senate and Hairy Reid controls what makes it to the floor of the Senate. But I guess Reid isn’t considered a responsible person or responsible party representative?

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-recess-appointments-is-this-the-end-of-the-filibuster/691702/143 "2014-07-07T20:34:17Z")

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It’s “seceded”. And you’re wrong, unsurprisingly - there was very much a cause behind secession, not mere oppositionism, and in no way was it nihilistic.

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